Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Proverbs 10

Pro 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

A wise son…a foolish son

Pro 15:20; 17:21, 25; 19:13; 29:3, 15.

A "fool" in Scripture is never a mentally deficient person, but rather one arrogant and self-sufficient; one who orders his life as if there were no God. See, for illustration, Luke 12:16-20. The rich man was not mentally deficient, but he was a "fool" because he supposed that his soul could live on the things in the barn, giving no thought to his eternal wellbeing.

Pro 10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

will not suffer…the righteous to famish

Psa 10:14; 34:9, 10; 37:25.

Pro 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

the diligent maketh rich

Pro 13:4; 21:5.

Pro 10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

violence covereth the mouth of the wicked

Pro 10:11; Est 7:8.

Pro 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

The memory of the just…of the wicked

Psa 112:6; Ecc 8:10.

Pro 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

a prating fool

Heb. a fool of lips.

Pro 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

love covereth all sins

1Co 13:7.

Pro 10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The rich man's wealth

Pro 18:11; Job 31:24; Psa 52:7; 1Ti 6:17.

Pro 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

refraineth his lips is wise

Jas 3:2.

Pro 10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

The blessing of the LORD

Gen 24:35; 26:12; Psa 37:22.

Pro 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

the desire of the righteous

Psa 145:19; Mat 5:6; 1Jo 5:14, 15.

Pro 10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

an everlasting foundation

Pro 10:30; Psa 15:5; Mat 7:24, 25.

Pro 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

fear

Scofield Psalms 19:9, note.

Pro 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

The righteous shall never be removed

Psa 37:22, 29; 125:1.