In Proverbs 10, Solomon lists a variety of proverbs with little connecting thought flow. A number of these proverbs contrast the righteous and wicked, both in terms of actions and end result. The righteous are delivered from death, receive blessings, rewarded with a wage that “leads to life”, fear God, have a joyful hope, will never be removed from the promised land, their words bring forth wisdom, they know what is acceptable.
Similar ideas are expressed of the wise, when compared with the foolish. A wise son makes a glad father, the heart of the wise receive commandments, they collect knowledge, take pleasure in understanding.
These varied proverbs all have one thing in common. They remind us that God cares about the way we act, and that our eternal salvation is dependent upon a certain way of life. We need to follow “the way of the Lord”, knowing that it is a stronghold that we can rely upon.