Proverbs 10:6

2 Timothy 1:16-18; Deuteronomy 28:2; Esther 7:8; Job 29:13; Proverbs 11:26; Proverbs 24:25; Proverbs 28:20; Proverbs 10:11; Psalms 107:42; Romans 3:19

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Covereth ... - The meaning is perhaps, the violence which the wicked has done is as a bandage over his mouth, reducing him to a silence and shame...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of (c) the wicked. (c) When their wickedness is discovered, they will be...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7 ). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Blessings: not simply good things, but good things bestowed by another. head. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for the who...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Violence covereth the mouth of the wicked - As blessings sh...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked— But his own cruel violence shall cover the mouth of the wicked. That is, "The curses, imprecations...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The para...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. — Curses and deeds of violence have proceeded from his mouth, but God frustrates them, they “return unto...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen hav...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Righteous and the Wicked Proverbs 10:1-16 Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man's wealth is his strong cit...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sle...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blessings [are] upon the head of the just ,.... That seeks for righteousness, not by the works of the law, but by faith; that lives by faith upon th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Ver. 6. Blessings are upon the head. ] Plentifully and c...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blessings are upon the head of the just All sorts of blessings are wished to them by men, and conferred upon them by God. But violence Either, 1...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Here is, 1. The head of the just crown...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Blessings are upon the head of the just; all sorts of blessings are wished to them by men, and conferred upon them by God. He saith, upon their...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Subheading. Proverbs 10:1 ‘The Proverbs of Solomon.' Here we have the heading for this subsection. It is brief and to the point, for Solomon h...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Proverbs Of Solomon ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 22:16 ). The proverbs in this section are now introduced by the brief subheading ‘The Prover...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Collection Of Solomon's Proverbs ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Collection Of Solomon's Proverbs ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 10:6-7 ; Proverbs 10:11 THE WAY TO PRESENT BLESSEDNESS AND FUTURE FAME We connect the first and la...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 6. Blessings are upon the head of the just, as a merciful reward of God's bounty and in acknowledgment of his righteous conduct in life; but vi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Violence — Their own violence or injustice. This may be an allusion to the ancient custom of covering the mouths and faces of condemned malefactors...

⁶ Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 10:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 10:6