Proverbs 21:20

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Spendeth it up - literally, swalloweth it. The wise man keeps a store in reserve. He gains uprightly, spends moderately, never exhausts himself....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[There is] a treasure to be desired and (i) oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. (i) Meaning, abundance of all things....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which cou...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

foolish. Hebrew. kesil. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . spendeth it up . swalloweth it up.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There is a treasure, &c.— Desirable treasure and oil are in the dwelling, &c. Houbigant renders the last clause, But a foolish man will...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. There is treasure to be desired (valua...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. What treasure is this, but that which is deri...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[There is] a treasure to be desired ,.... Gold, silver, jewels, and precious stones; all sorts food, as Aben Ezra explains it, and rich and costly,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 21:20 [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. Ver. 20. There is a trea...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There is a treasure, &c., in the dwelling of the wise Wise men lay up all necessary and desirable treasures for their own use and for their fam...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. Note, 1. Those that are...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wise men lay up all necessary and desirable treasures for their own use, and for their children and families. Oil is particularly mentioned, partly...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:18 THE RANSOM OF THE RIGHTEOUS This verse must be understood to express the same truth as that in Isaiah 43:3 ,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably...
The Biblical Illustrator

There is treasure to be desired. .. in the dwelling of the wise. Treasure in the house; or proverbs of home-life One simple Saxon word has tali...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 20. There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise, because he will carefully lay up and increase wealth; but a foolish ma...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 10:19 ; Ecclesiastes 5:19 ; Ecclesiastes 7:11 ; Jeremiah 41:8 ; Luke 15:14 ; Luke 16:1 ; Luke 16:19-25 ; Luke 6:45 ; Matthew 25...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The wise — Wise men lay up desirable treasures for their own use, and for their families. Oil is particularly mentioned, because that was a conside...

²⁰ There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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