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Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not forever, they are unstable and must therefore be carefully looked after; and doth the crown endure to every generation? Even the king is not sure that his royal dignity and power will descend in his family, so uncertain and vain is all human possession; whence it behooves man all the more to make use of care and circumspection.

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See also Proverbs 27:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 27:24. _FOR RICHES_ ARE _NOT FOR EVER_] All other kinds of property are very transitory. Money and the highest civil honours are but for a short season. Flocks and herds, properly atten...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The verses sing the praises of the earlier patriarchal life, with its flocks and herds, and tillage of the ground, as compared with the commerce of a later time, with money as its chief or only wealth...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the persona...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    RICHES. Consisted mainly in flocks and herds....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR RICHES ARE NOT FOR EVER, &C.— See Hiller. pars 2: p. 9. The author of the Observations remarks, that _milk_ is a great part of the diet of the eastern people. Their _goats_ furnish them with some...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 27:19-27 19. As in water face answereth face, So the heart of man to man. 20. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21. The refining pot...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? FOR RICHES ARE NOT FOREVER - therefore they are not to be depended on to the neglect of thy flocks. Israel's chief wealth...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profus...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Riches and honour (THE CROWN) are fleeting: attention to field and flock are profitable....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 27 V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow. You do not know what will happen tomorrow....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Solomon is describing a farm. He warns the farmer to be responsible. If the farmer does not work, he could lose his land. But if the farmer works hard, his family will be content. The sheep and goats...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR RICHES ARE NOT FOR EVER. — Comp. Proverbs 23:5. So it is well to have a sure source of income, like husbandry or cattle-feeding, upon which to fall back....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לְ עֹולָ֣ם חֹ֑סֶן וְ אִם

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 28 LIVING DAY BY DAY "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."- Proverbs 27:1 "The grave and destruction are never satisfied; and the eyes of men ar...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Generation. Thou wilt be cited as an example of prudence, if thou hast forseen the change of thy affairs, and provided for it. In the east it was not unusual to see a general of an army reduced to th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment tha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR RICHES [ARE] NOT FOR EVER,.... A man cannot be assured of the continuance of them; they are uncertain things, here today and gone tomorrow: wherefore, though a man has a considerable share of them...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation? Ver. 24. _For riches endure not for ever._] Whether they be riches of inheritance or of purchase, they will waste witho...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Be diligent to know the state of thy flock_ That thou mayest preserve and improve what thou hast, and take care that thy expenses do not exceed thy income. Flocks and herds are here put for all riche...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    RICHES: _ Heb._ strength TO EVERY GENERATION?: _ Heb._ to generation and generation...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    RICHES; or, _treasure_. The sense is, What thou dust now possess, or hast laid up, will not last always, but will soon be spent, if thou dost not take care to preserve and improve it. THE CROWN; by wh...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 27:24 riches H2633 forever H5769 crown H5145 all H1755 generations H1755 For - Proverbs 23:5;...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what sh...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 27:23_ MODEL FARMING These words were especially applicable to the Israelitish people in their early history, when every family lived upon its own domain...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1). Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New Testament book of James. He said, "Go t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 6:17; 1 Timothy 6:18; 2 Samuel 7:16; Isaiah 9:7; James 1:10;

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE Proverbs 27:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament w...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For — What thou dost now possess, will not last always. If a man had the wealth of a kingdom, without care and diligence it would be brought to nothing....

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