It shows the vanity of the world, that we are liable to the greatest griefs where we promise ourselves the greatest comfort.
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Proverbs 19:13
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 19:1-29EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 19:8-17Maxims of intelligence I. THE WORTH OF INTELLIGENCE. 1. It is self-conservative (Proverbs 19:8). We all love our own soul or life in any healthy state of body and mind. We all want to live as long as possible. It is nat…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 19:13It is an instance of the vanity of the world that we are liable to the greatest grief in those things wherein we promise ourselves the greatest comfort. It is as it proves. What greater temporal comfort can a man have t…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 19:13With the first clause we may compare Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 17:21, Proverbs 17:25. Calamity in the Hebrew is in the plural number (contritiones, Pagn.), as if to mark the many and continued sorrows whic…Joseph S. Exell and contributors