Proverbs 12:24

1 Kings 11:28; 1 Kings 12:20; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 17:2; Proverbs 22:29; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 21:25; Proverbs 21:26; Proverbs 22:13; Proverbs 24:30-34; Proverbs 26:13-16

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 12:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Under tribute - The comparison is probably suggested by the contrast between the condition of a conquered race (compare Joshua 16:10 ; Judges 1...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7 ; Proverbs 12:14...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule - And why? because by his...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. A crown, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 3:11 ; Song o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Under tribute ] forced to do taskwork ( 1 Kings 9:21 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Under tribute. — Like the descendants of the Amorites and other former inhabitants of Canaan, by whose forced labour Solomon executed his great wor...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 12:9 . That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the c...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule ,.... "Shall become rich", so Jarchi interprets it, according to Proverbs 10:4 ; Through diligence men get...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Ver. 24. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, ] i.e., I...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule Industry is the way to preferment. An instance of which we have 1 Kings 11:28 , where we learn that Solom...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Note, 1. Industry is the way to preferment. So...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall bear rule; shall procure wealth and power. The slothful, Heb. the deceitful . So he calls the slothful, because deceit and idleness are co...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Importance Of Truth And Sound Authority ( Proverbs 12:17-24 ). In this next subsection the stress is on truth as opposed to falsehood, on auth...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:24 THE REWARD OF DILIGENCE I. What is here meant by diligence? It is not being always active, but active in t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath...
The Biblical Illustrator

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule. The reward of the diligent The natural estate of man is labour. Toil was the requirement of paradise....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and ope...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 24. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, he will reach a position of power and influence; but the slothful shall be under tribute, being...

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothfuld shall be under tribute.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 12:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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