10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
10 Delight H8588 is not seemly H5000 for a fool; H3684 much less for a servant H5650 to have rule H4910 over princes. H8269
10 Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
10 Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.
10 Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
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Commentary on Proverbs 19 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 19
Pro 19:1
Here see,
Pro 19:2
Two things are here declared to be of bad consequence:-
Pro 19:3
We have here two instances of men's folly:-
Pro 19:4
Here,
Pro 19:5
Here we have,
Pro 19:6-7
These two verses are a comment upon v. 4, and show,
Pro 19:8
Those are here encouraged,
Pro 19:9
Here is,
Pro 19:10
Note,
Pro 19:11
A wise man will observe these two rules about his anger:
Pro 19:12
This is to the same purport with what we had ch. 16:14, 15, and the design of it is,
Pro 19:13
It is an instance of the vanity of the world that we are liable to the greatest grief in those things wherein we promise ourselves the greatest comfort. It is as it proves. What greater temporal comfort can a man have than a good wife and good children? Yet,
Pro 19:14
Note,
Pro 19:15
See here the evil of a sluggish slothful disposition.
Pro 19:16
Here is,
Pro 19:17
Here is,
Pro 19:18
Parents are here cautioned against a foolish indulgence of their children that are untoward and viciously inclined, and that discover such an ill temper of mind as is not likely to be cured but by severity.
Pro 19:19
Pro 19:20
Note,
Pro 19:21
Here we have,
Pro 19:22
Note,
Pro 19:23
See what those that get by it that live in the fear of God, and always make conscience of their duty to him.
Pro 19:24
A sluggard is here exposed as a fool, for,
Pro 19:25
Note,
Pro 19:26
Here is,
Pro 19:27
This is a good caution to those that have had a good education to take heed of hearkening to those who, under pretence of instructing them, draw them off from those good principles under the influence of which they were trained up. Observe,
Pro 19:28
Here is a description of the worst of sinners, whose hearts are fully set in them to do evil.
Pro 19:29
Note,