Passage Research
Proverbs 10 — Sermon Preparation
The first collection of Solomon's proverbs begins, pairing antithetical sayings that contrast the wise and foolish, the righteous and wicked, and the diligent and lazy. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 32
- verses
- 234 / 150
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 10 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צַדִּיק | tsaddîyq | H6662 | 13 | just |
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 12 | wrong, bad |
| שָׂפָה | sâphâh | H8193 | 7 | lip, language |
| פֶּה | peh | H6310 | 6 | mouth, blowing |
| אֱוִיל | ʼĕvîyl | H191 | 4 | silly |
| מְחִתָּה | mᵉchittâh | H4288 | 3 | dissolution, ruin |
| כָּסָה | kâçâh | H3680 | 4 | plump, fill up |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“That wealth which is truly desirable, has no vexation of spirit in the enjoyment; no grief for the loss; no guilt by the abuse of it. What comes from the love of God, has the grace of God for its companion.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 10:22–30 (Public Domain)
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