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John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 19:10
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Delight is not seemly for a fool, etc.] Such an one as Nabal, whose name and nature were alike; and whose prosperity ill became him, and the mirth and delight he had in it, (<092525>1 Samuel 25:25,36); for, as the wise man elsewhere says, “the prosperity of fools shall destroy them”, (<200126>Proverbs 1:26); they do not know how to make a right use of their prosperity; nor to moderate their enjoyments, pleasures, and delights. Some understand this of spiritual delight in the Lord; in his ways and ordinances, which wicked men are strangers to: and a very uncomely thing it is for such persons to talk of spiritual joy and delight, and of their communion with God, when they live in sin; much less for a servant to have rule over princes; this was a sight which Solomon had seen, but was very disagreeable to him; and was one of the four things the earth cannot bear; the insolence of a servant, when he becomes master over his superiors, is intolerable; see (<203022>Proverbs 30:22 <211007> Ecclesiastes 10:7). It may be spiritually applied to such who are servants of sin; to whose sensual appetites and carnal affections the more noble and princely powers of the soul, the understanding and mind, become subject; which is very improper and unseemly.
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