The Book of Proverbs: School of Wisdom - 10

Proverbs 10:1-32 (NIV)

Proverbs 10

Proverbs of Solomon

¹ The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

² Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death.

³ The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

⁴ Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

⁵ He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

⁶ Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. ^a]">[a]

⁷ The memory of the righteous will be a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

⁸ The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.

⁹ The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.

¹⁰ He who winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.

¹¹ The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

¹² Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

¹³ Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

¹⁴ Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

¹⁶ The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment.

¹⁷ He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

¹⁸ He who conceals his hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

¹⁹ When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

²¹ The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

²² The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

²³ A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.

²⁴ What the wicked dreads will overtake him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

²⁵ When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.

²⁷ The fear of the LORD adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

²⁸ The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.

²⁹ The way of the LORD is a refuge for the righteous, but it is the ruin of those who do evil.

³⁰ The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land.

³¹ The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

³² The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.

Footnotes:

1. Proverbs 10:6 Or but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence ; also in verse 11

3 examples of no profit to such gain:

1. Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:1-4, 9)
2. Gehazi (2 Kings 5:20-27; Proverbs 21:6)
3. The rich fool (Luke 12:20; Proverbs 11:28)

3 examples of righteousness delivering:

1. Noah (Genesis 7:1; Hebrews 11;7)
2. Daniel (Daniel 6)
3. Three Hebrew children (Daniel 3)

4 examples destroying goods of wicked:

1. Israel (Judges 6:1-4)
2. Samaria (1 King 18:2; 2 Kings 6:25)
3. Jerusalem (Lamentations 5:10; Zephaniah 1:18)
4. Chaldeans (Habakuk 2;8)

2 examples of gathering in summer:

1. Isaac (Genesis 26:12)
2. Joseph (Genesis 41)

6 examples of good remembrance:

1. Elisha (2 Kings 13:21)
2. Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:15-16)
3. Woman who anointed Jesus (Mark 14;9)
4. Mary, mother of Jesus (Luke 1:28, 48)
5. Dorcas (Acts 9:36-39; Proverbs 22;1)
6. Antipas (Revelation 2:13)

4 examples of bitter remembrance:

1. Balaam (2 Peter 2:15; Jude 11; Revelation 2:14)
2. Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:22)
3. Athaliah (2 Chronciles 24;7)
4. Herod (Acts 12:22-23, Psalm 9:16)

4 examples-receiving commandments:

1. Abraham (Genesis 22; Hebrews 11;8, 17)
2. David (2 Samuel 7)
3. The widow (1 Kings 17:10-16)
4. Rechabites (Jeremiah 35:6-10)

2 examples of being discovered:

1. Korah and company (Numbers 16)
2. Diotrephes (3 John 9-10)

3 examples of stirring up strife:

1. Ishmael (Genesis 21:9-14)
2. Esau (Genesis (27:41-42)
3. The Jews (Acts 13:50; 14;2-4; 17:5-13)

4 examples of love covering sins:

1. Joseph (Genesis 40:15; 45:5-8)
2. David (2 Samuel 1)
3. Jesus Christ (Matthew 25:41; John 20-21)
4. Paul (Philemon 9-21)

3 examples of sinning by much talk::

1. Job (32:2; 34:5,12, 35:16; 42:3)
2. Job's comforters (32:3; 42:7-8)
3. Idle widows (1 Timothy 5;13)

3 examples of wisdom in speaking:

1. Eleazar (Genesis 24:2`1, Proverbs 15:28)
2. Aaron (Leviticus 10:3)
3. Saul (1 Samuel 15:27, Proverbs 11:12)

6 examples of godly instruction:

1, Job (4:3-4; 29:21-22)
2. David (Psalm 78:70-72)
3. Peter (Acts 4:1-4)
4. Philip (Acts 8:5-8)
5. Paul and Barnabas (Acts 15:32-35)
6. Judas and Silas (Acts 15:32-33)

3 examples of fools dying:

1. Korah and company (Numbers 16)
2. Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:20-25)
3. The rich fool (Luke 12:16-26)

5 examples of the LORD making rich:

1. Abraham (Genesis 24:1)
2. Isaac (Genesis 25:11; 26:12)
3. Jacob (Genesis 28:4; 30:27)
4. Solomon (1 Kings 3:13)
5. Job (Job 42:10)

4 examples of righteous desire granted:

1. Hannah (1 Samuel 1:20)
2. Esther (4:16; 8:15-17)
3. Daniel (2:18-23; 9:1-23; 10:1-21)
4. Simeon (Luke 2:25-30)

4 examples of joy in hope:

1. Abraham (Romans 4:18-20)
2. Joseph (Psalm 105:17-21)
3. Hezekiah (Psalm 126)
4. Daniel (6:10)

4 examples of perishing expectation:

1. Goliath (1 Samule 17:44-51)
2. Athaliah (2 Kings 11:1-16)
3. Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:23, 37)
4. Herod (Matthew 2:18)

4 examples of sudden destruction:

1. Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19)
2. Pharaoh and army (Exodus 14:19-31)
3. Saul (1 Chronicles 10:13-14)
4. Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:7-11)