Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 6:12
He showeth the haughtiness of his heart by the wickedness of his talk and discourses, to which he doth accustom himself, as walking implies.
He showeth the haughtiness of his heart by the wickedness of his talk and discourses, to which he doth accustom himself, as walking implies.
Verse Proverbs 6:12. _A NAUGHTY PERSON_] אדם בליעל _adam beliyal_, "Adam good for nothing." When he lost his innocence. _A man apostata_; Old MS. Bible. _A WICKED MAN_] איש און _ish aven_. He soon b...
A NAUGHTY PERSON - literally, “a man of Belial,” i. e., a worthless man (see the Deuteronomy 13:13 note). This is the portrait of the man who is not to be trusted, whose look and gestures warn against...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...
A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...
NAUGHTY PERSON. Hebrew. man of Belial. a worthless person. Like Anglo-Saxon _na_ (= no, or not) and _wiht_ (=. thing). a thing of naught: i.e. worthless. WICKED. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44. FROWARD. per...
Thirteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:12. _The Worthless Person_ This short section might seem at first sight to break itself into two (Proverbs 6:12). But the note of character, "he soweth discord...
_a naughty person_ Lit. A MAN OF BELIAL. The Heb. word _Belial_means, "of no profit," "worthless," and, according to the Heb. idiom, a man of, or a son of (Deuteronomy 13:13) Belial, is an unprofitabl...
A NAUGHTY PERSON— In the Hebrew _a man of Belial, with a froward mouth,_ Houbigant renders, _distorting his mouth._ The LXX read, _Walketh in ways that are not right. A froward,_ or _distorted mouth,_...
TEXT Proverbs 6:12-22 12. A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; 13. That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his...
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. A NAUGHTY PERSON (LITERALLY, A MAN OF BELIAL - I:E., WORTHLESSNESS), A WICKED MAN, WALKETH WITH A FROWARD MOUTH. After indolence, he su...
6:12 perverse (i-15) Or 'perverted.' Lit. 'perverseness of,' as ch. 4.24....
DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (1...
Sometimes, an evil person is easy to identify. At other times, we must be careful. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 mentions a ‘secret’ evil power. The evil man in verses 12-15 is dangerous because his evil plan i...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
(k)._ Eleventh Discourse:_ — _Against Deceit and Malice_ (Proverbs 6:12). (12) A NAUGHTY PERSON. — According to its original meaning, a “worthless” person, Heb. _a man of Belial,_ FROWARD MOUTH. — C...
אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן הֹ֝ולֵ֗ךְ עִקְּשׁ֥וּת...
CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...
AVOID SURETYSHIP AND SLOTH Proverbs 6:1 A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him, consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be responsible for the other...
The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...
A naughty person, (f) a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. (f) He shows to what inconvenience the idle persons and sluggards come, by calling them unthrifty, or the men of Belial, and slandero...
_Apostate. Hebrew, "of Belial,["] without restraint of religion and law. (Calmet) --- Deuteronomy xiii. 13. (Menochius) --- Every one who sins through malice and particularly heretics, employ all thei...
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief conti...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
A NAUGHTY PERSON, A WICKED MAN,.... Or, "a man of Belial, a man of iniquity" w. The former signifies an unprofitable man, a man good for nothing, that is of no use to God or man; or one that is lawles...
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Ver. 12. _A naughty person._] Lo, every idle man is a naughty man; is, or ere long will be; for by doing nothing, men learn to do evil, s...
_A naughty person_ Hebrew, _a man of Belial, a wicked man_, whose continual practice it is, in one way or other, to work wickedness; _walketh with a froward mouth_ Makes it his business, by lies; or f...
WARNING AGAINST FOOLISH SURETYSHIP, IDLENESS, AND MALICE...
A naughty person, morally worthless, A WICKED MAN, the heedless man being a vile deceiver, WALKETH WITH A FROWARD MOUTH, exercising himself in perverseness of speech, so addicted to malicious falsehoo...
12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. H...
Proverbs 6:12 worthless H1100 person H120 wicked H205 man H376 Walks H1980 (H8802) perverse H6143 mouth H6310...
THE WORTHLESS MAN (PROVERBS 6:12). This first part, defining the worthless man, may be seen chiastically, A A worthless person, a man of iniquity (Proverbs 6:12 a). B Is he who walks with a perverse...
THE WORTHLESS MAN (PROVERBS 6:12). We now come to the third person in the triumvirate. The first one committed as a surety what he did not have. He was naive. The second was too lazy to do anything to...
CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...
Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...
_A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth._ A BAD MAN I. The portrait of a bad man. 1. He is perverse in speech. He has no regard for truth or propriety. False, irreverent, impu...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:12 A WORTHLESS PERSON, A WICKED MAN describes someone who lacks any desire to act righteously. DEVISES. A worthless person’s communication comes from a pervert
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:12. A naughty person, “a worthless man.” PROVERBS 6:13. TEACHETH, “motions.” PROVERBS 6:14. FROWARDNESS, “perverseness.”...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...
Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Timothy 5:13; Acts 20:30; James 1:21; James 3:6;...