Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 3:10

"So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine." — Proverbs 3:10 (ASV)

Compare the marginal reference. This fullness of outward blessings does not exclude the thought of the chastening (Proverbs 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.