Proverbs 10:1-7

Proverbs of Solomon

1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.

2 Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

3 Yahweh will not cause a righteous person to go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.

4 A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.

5 He who gathers in the summer [is] a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest [is] a child who brings shame.

6 Blessings [belong] to the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

7 The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

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Proverbs 10:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 10

From this chapter to the "twenty fifth" are various proverbial sentences, without any very apparent connection or coherence with each other; describing righteous and wicked men; setting forth their different temper, conduct, and actions, and the fruits and effects of them. It should be observed, that frequently in the preceding chapters two persons are represented as women; one goes by the name of "Wisdom", the other is called the "foolish" woman and a "harlot"; the former is clearly to be understood of Christ; and the latter, being opposed to him, must be antichrist, the whore of Rome, and mother of harlots: now in the following part of this book two sorts of persons are spoken of; the one as wise, righteous, good and the other as foolish, wicked, &c. who are no other than the followers of Christ and antichrist; which observation is a key to the whole book.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "soul," or "inner self"