Proverbs 10 - Introduction

NOTICEABLE GROUPINGS IN CHAPTER 10

The righteous

The memory of the righteous (Proverbs 10:7).

The mouth of the righteous (Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 10:31).

The labor of the righteous (Proverbs 10:16).

The tongue of the righteous (Proverbs 10:20).

The lips of the righteous (Proverbs 10:21).

The desire of the righteous (Proverbs 10:24).

The hope of the righteous (Proverbs 10:28).

The lips of the righteous (Proverbs 10:32).

The wicked

The name of the wicked (Proverbs 10:7).

The heart of the wicked (Proverbs 10:20).

The fear of the wicked (Proverbs 10:24).

The years of the wicked (Proverbs 10:27).

The expectation of the wicked (Proverbs 10:28).

The mouth of the wicked (Proverbs 10:32).

Fools

A foolish son is the heaviness of his mother (Proverbs 10:1).

A prating fool shall fall (Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 10:10).

The mouth of the foolish is a present destruction (Proverbs 10:14).

He that uttereth a slander is a fool (Proverbs 10:18).

The foolish die for lack of understanding (Proverbs 10:21).

It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness (Proverbs 10:23).

Laziness

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand (Proverbs 10:4).

He that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame (Proverbs 10:5).

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to them that send him (Proverbs 10:26).

Diligence

The hand of the diligent maketh rich (Proverbs 10:4).

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son (Proverbs 10:5).

The labor of the righteous tendeth to life (Proverbs 10:16).

Speech

Violence covereth the mouth of the wicked (Proverbs 10:6; Proverbs 10:11).

In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found (Proverbs 10:13).

The mouth of the foolish is a present destruction (Proverbs 10:14).

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips (Proverbs 10:18).

He that uttereth a slander is a fool (Proverbs 10:18).

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression (Proverbs 10:19).

He that refraineth his lips doeth wisely (Proverbs 10:19).

The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver (Proverbs 10:20).

The lips of the righteous feed many (Proverbs 10:21).

The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom (Proverbs 10:31).

The perverse tongue shall be cut off (Proverbs 10:31).

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable (Proverbs 10:32).

The mouth of the wicked speaketh perverseness (Proverbs 10:32).