Bridges on Proverbs 10:10
 
 
Charles Bridges on Proverbs 10:10
 
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10. He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}
 
The contrast here intended seems to be between the man who brings trouble on his fellow-creatures, and one who brings it upon himself.† Mischievous sport indeed is it to cause sorrow for selfish gratification (Verse 23; 26:18, 19); to make the eye an instrument of wanton sin. (Chapter 6:13. Psalm 35:19.) Scarcely less affecting is it to see the tongue a world of foolishness. But not a trace is visible of the likeness in which man was first created. Every member is perverted from its proper use and glorious end. Man is a plague to his neighbour, because he is an enemy to his God. And because “the fool despises wisdom” (Chapter 1:7), he falls the victim of his own folly.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Footnote:
See Bishop Hall.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proverbs 10:23
23 ¶ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
 
Proverbs 26:18, 19
18 ¶ As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, {firebrands: Heb. flames, or, sparks} 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proverbs 6:13
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
 
Psalm 35:19
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. {wrongfully: Heb. falsely}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proverbs 1:7
7 ¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. {the beginning: or, the principal part}