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Selected Verse: Proverbs 3:10 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 3:10 |
King James |
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
presses--or wine fats (Joe 2:24; Joe 3:13). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Compare the marginal reference. This fullness of outward blessings does not exclude the thought of the "chastening" Pro 3:11, without which the discipline of life would be incomplete. "Presses" are the vats of a Roman vineyard, into which the wine flowed through pipe from the wine-press. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
So - This is not the way to diminish thy estate, but rather to increase it. |
13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: