6 In the house H1004 of the righteous H6662 is much H7227 treasure: H2633 but in the revenues H8393 of the wicked H7563 is trouble. H5916
Because he hath oppressed H7533 and hath forsaken H5800 the poor; H1800 because he hath violently taken away H1497 an house H1004 which he builded H1129 not; Surely he shall not feel H3045 quietness H7961 in his belly, H990 he shall not save H4422 of that which he desired. H2530 There shall none of his meat H400 be left; H8300 therefore shall no man look H2342 for his goods. H2898 In the fulness H4390 H4390 of his sufficiency H5607 he shall be in straits: H3334 every hand H3027 of the wicked H6001 shall come H935 upon him. When he is about to fill H4390 his belly, H990 God shall cast H7971 the fury H2740 of his wrath H639 upon him, and shall rain H4305 it upon him while he is eating. H3894
He that loveth H157 silver H3701 shall not be satisfied H7646 with silver; H3701 nor he that loveth H157 abundance H1995 with increase: H8393 this is also vanity. H1892 When goods H2896 increase, H7235 they are increased H7231 that eat H398 them: and what good H3788 is there to the owners H1167 thereof, saving H518 the beholding H7207 H7212 of them with their eyes? H5869 The sleep H8142 of a labouring man H5647 is sweet, H4966 whether he eat H398 little H4592 or much: H7235 but the abundance H7647 of the rich H6223 will not suffer H3240 him to sleep. H3462 There is H3426 a sore H2470 evil H7451 which I have seen H7200 under the sun, H8121 namely, riches H6239 kept H8104 for the owners H1167 thereof to their hurt. H7451 But those riches H6239 perish H6 by evil H7451 travail: H6045 and he begetteth H3205 a son, H1121 and there is nothing H3972 in his hand. H3027
Go to G33 now, G3568 ye rich men, G4145 weep G2799 and howl G3649 for G1909 your G5216 miseries G5004 that shall come upon G1904 you. Your G5216 riches G4149 are corrupted, G4595 and G2532 your G5216 garments G2440 are G1096 motheaten. G4598 Your G5216 gold G5557 and G2532 silver G696 is cankered; G2728 and G2532 the rust G2447 of them G846 shall be G2071 a witness G3142 against G1519 you, G5213 and G2532 shall eat G5315 your G5216 flesh G4561 as it were G5613 fire. G4442 Ye have heaped treasure together G2343 for G1722 the last G2078 days. G2250
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Commentary on Proverbs 15 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 15
Pro 15:1
Solomon, as conservator of the public peace, here tells us,
Pro 15:2
Note,
Pro 15:3
The great truths of divinity are of great use to enforce the precepts of morality, and none more than this-That the eye of God is always upon the children of men.
Pro 15:4
Note,
Pro 15:5
Hence,
Pro 15:6
Note,
Pro 15:7
This is to the same purport with v. 2, and shows what a blessing a wise man is and what a burden a fool is to those about him. Only here observe further,
Pro 15:8
Note,
Pro 15:9
This is a reason of what was said in the foregoing verse.
Pro 15:10
This shows that those who cannot bear to be corrected must expect to be destroyed.
Pro 15:11
This confirms what was said (v. 3) concerning God's omnipresence, in order to his judging of evil and good.
Pro 15:12
A scorner is one that not only makes a jest of God and religion, but bids defiance to the methods employed for his conviction and reformation, and, as an evidence of that,
Pro 15:13
Here,
Pro 15:14
Here are two things to be wondered at:-
Pro 15:15
See here what a great difference there is between the condition and temper of some and others of the children of men.
Pro 15:16-17
Solomon had said in the foregoing verse that he who has not a large estate, or a great income, but a cheerful spirit, has a continual feast; Christian contentment, and joy in God, make the life easy and pleasant; now here he tells us what is necessary to that cheerfulness of spirit which will furnish a man with a continual feast, though he has but little in the world-holiness and love.
Pro 15:18
Here is,
Pro 15:19
See here,
Pro 15:20
Observe here,
Pro 15:21
Note,
Pro 15:22
See here,
Pro 15:23
Note,
Pro 15:24
The way of wisdom and holiness is here recommended to us,
Pro 15:25
Note,
Pro 15:26
The former part of this verse speaks of thoughts, the latter of words, but they come all to one; for thoughts are words to God, and words are judged of by the thoughts from which they proceed, so that,
Pro 15:27
Note,
Pro 15:28
Here is,
Pro 15:29
Note,
Pro 15:30
Two things are here pronounced pleasant:-
Pro 15:31
Note,
Pro 15:32
See here,
Pro 15:33
See here how much it is our interest, as well as duty,