Proverbs 13

Proverbs 13:1

Build - Assist and bless those that build it.

Proverbs 13:2

You - Builders, or watchmen. To sit - To use constant and unwearied diligence. So - By his blessing. Giveth - Freely, without that immoderate toiling, wherewith others pursue it.

Proverbs 13:3

Children - The chief of these blessings. Heritage - Only from God’s blessing, even as an inheritance is not the fruit of a man’s own labour, but the gift of God.

Proverbs 13:4

Youth - These he prefers before other children, because they live longest with their parents, and to their comfort and support, whereas children born in old age seldom come to maturity before their parents death.

Proverbs 13:5

Full - Who hath a numerous issue. Shall speak - They shall courageously plead their cause in courts of judicature, not fearing to be crushed by the might of their adversaries.

Proverbs 13:7

Full - Who hath a numerous issue. Shall speak - They shall courageously plead their cause in courts of judicature, not fearing to be crushed by the might of their adversaries.

Proverbs 13:8

Full - Who hath a numerous issue. Shall speak - They shall courageously plead their cause in courts of judicature, not fearing to be crushed by the might of their adversaries.

Proverbs 13:9

Olive - plants - Numerous, growing and flourishing.

Proverbs 13:14

From my youth - From the time that I was a people.

Proverbs 13:17

Righteous - Faithful or merciful. The cords - Wherewith the plow was drawn. By these cords he understands all their plots and endeavours.

Proverbs 13:19

House - tops - Which there were flat. Which - Having no deep root, never comes to maturity. And so all their designs shall be abortive.

Proverbs 13:21

The blessing - Which was an usual salutation given by passengers to reapers: so the meaning is, it never continues ’till the harvest comes.

Proverbs 13:23

The blessing - Which was an usual salutation given by passengers to reapers: so the meaning is, it never continues ’till the harvest comes.

Proverbs 13:24

The blessing - Which was an usual salutation given by passengers to reapers: so the meaning is, it never continues ’till the harvest comes.

Proverbs 13:25

Mark - Observe them accurately and punish them as they deserve. Stand - At thy tribunal.