Explanation: Proverbs 10 is a collection of mostly unrelated proverbs designed to teach the depth and the breadth of wisdom. Today's painting illustrates two verses (4-5) which speak of the folly of expecting gain without diligence.
     This is the first chapter of a new sub-section within "The Proverbs Of Solomon & The Wise (Solomon's Collection) -- Chapters 1-24." This sub-section [10:1 - 22:16] is titled, simply, "The Proverbs of Solomon." This section builds on the previous section by offering a series of contrasts between the wise and the foolish and between wisdom and folly in general. Having offered a strong persuasion in the previous section to follow wisdom, the author now shows what wisdom is in daily life. From this point in the book, until the last two chapters, the proverbs are generally arranged individually, and groupings are less frequent and mainly shorter. Most of these proverbs are written in a literary technique called parallelism. Synonymous Parallelism makes a statement in the first half of the proverb and says the same thing in different words in the last part of the proverb ["As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him." Proverbs 10:26]. Antithetical Parallelism begins with a statement in the first part and makes a contrasting statement in the latter part ["The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked." Proverbs 10:3]. Synthetic Parallelism begins with a statement and ends with new information ["The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it." Proverbs 10:22 ].

          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Proverbs 10. Proverbs 11. Proverbs 12. Proverbs 13. Proverbs 14. Proverbs 15. Proverbs 16. Proverbs 17. Proverbs 18. Proverbs 19. Proverbs 20. Proverbs 21. Proverbs 22. Proverbs 23. Proverbs 24. ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Proverbs 10. ]

     The chapter discusses 32 contrasts and comparisons: a wise son and a foolish son (1); wickedness and righteousness (2); righteous men and wicked men (3); laziness and diligence (4, 5); the just and the violent (6); the just and the wicked (7); the wise and the foolish (8); the upright and the perverse (9); the mischievous and babbling fool (10); the life-giving mouth and the violent mouth (11); hatred and love (12); understanding and lack of understanding (13); knowledge and folly (14); wealth and poverty (15); the labor of the righteous and the fruit of the wicked (16); those who listen and those who refuse to listen (17); lying lips and slander (18); many words and few words (19); the tongue of the just and the heart of the wicked (20); blessing from the righteous and death for the fools (21); the blessing of the LORD which makes one rich and has no sorrow (22); the mischief of fools and the understanding of the wise (23); the fear of the wicked and the desire of the righteous (24); the wicked pass and the righteous remain (25); the irritating sluggard (26); long days and short days come through reverence and wickedness (27); he hope of the righteous and the expectation of the wicked (28); the way of the LORD and the way of iniquity (29); the stability of the righteous and the instability of the wicked (30); the mouth of the just and the perverse tongue (31); the lips of the righteous and the mouth of the wicked (32).