Someone who hates secretly is a deceiver. Someone who hates publicly is an idiot.
Category Archives: Proverbs 10
Bite-Sized Exegesis – Proverbs 10:17
The kind of people you want to follow are humble people, people who know how to take reproof and make needed corrections. The person who cannot be corrected will lead you astray.
Bite-Sized Exegesis – Proverbs 10:16
The money gotten by the unrighteous person will be used by that person in such a way that it brings about sin, whereas the income gained by a righteous person will be used in such a way that it brings about “life” in the fullest sense.
Bite-Sized Exegesis – Proverbs 10:15
Wealth acts as a protective barrier between the wealthy man and the difficulties of life. On the other hand, poverty puts a poor man in difficult situations without any kind of protective barrier. In order to survive, the poor man often has to resort to solutions that have regrettable lasting effects that keep the poor man poor.
Bite-Sized Exegesis – Proverbs 10:14
A wise man treats knowledge as a kind of commodity that can be stored away for a rainy day and which provides stability in lean times. It prevents ruin. The fool, on the other hand, is always near to ruin because of his mouth.
Bite-Sized Exegesis: Proverbs 10:13
Wise people listen to the words of wise people and acquire wisdom thereby. Foolish people, on the other hand, are incapable of acquiring wisdom by any means other than the rod of correction.
Bite-Sized Exegesis: Proverbs 10:12
Text שִׂנְאָה תְּעוֺרֵר מְדָנִים וְעַל כָּל־פְּשָׁעִים תְּכַסֶּה אַהֲבָה׃
Bite-Sized Exegesis: Proverbs 10:6-11 as a Unit?
Some initial thoughts on reading Proverbs 10:6-11 as a unit.
Bite-Sized Exegesis: Proverbs 10:11
Commentary on Proverbs 10:11 – “A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous one, but the mouth of wicked people conceals violence.
Bite-Sized Exegesis: Proverbs 10:10
Text קֺרֵץ עַיִן יִתֵּן עַצָּבֶת וֶאֱוִיל שְׂפָתַיִם יִלָּבֵט׃
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