Proverbs 24:32 (BSB)

I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

From Proverbs 24. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 24:32

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 24:30-34: Here is, 1. The view which Solomon took of the field and vineyard of the slothful man. He did not go on purpose to see it, but, as he passed by, observing the fruitfulness of the ground, as it is very proper for travellers to do, and his subjects' management of their land, as it is very proper for magistrates to do, he cast his...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 24:32: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,.... Swiftly and suddenly, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; See Gill on Pro 6:11; and thy want as an armed man; irresistibly. Here ends according to some the "second", according to others the "third" part of this book of Proverbs, another beginning with the following chapter. Next: Proverbs Chapter 25
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 24:32: From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pro 6:10-11). Next: Proverbs Chapter 25
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 24:32: Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction. (k) That I might learn by another man's fault.