Proverbs 10:5
A wise son is saved from heat: but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
4a A son who is instructed shall be wise, and shall use the fool for a servant.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:8c though weak in + 6:8c Gr. strength.body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom.
Proverbs 17:2A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.
Proverbs 27:25Take care of the herbage in the field, and thou shalt cut grass, and gather the mountain hay;
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:5
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. We are here told, 1. Who those are who, though rich, are in a fair way to become poor —those who deal with a slack hand, who are careless and remiss in their business, and never mind which end goes foremost, nor ever set their hands vigorously to their work or stick to it; those who deal with a deceitful hand (so it may be read); those who think to enrich themselves by fraud and tricking will, in the end, impoverish… Read the whole commentary →