Proverbs 12:6
Lie in wait — Are designed to entrap others, and to destroy them. Deliver them — From those that lie in wait for them.... [ Continue Reading ]
Lie in wait — Are designed to entrap others, and to destroy them. Deliver them — From those that lie in wait for them.... [ Continue Reading ]
Are not — Both they and their families suddenly perish.... [ Continue Reading ]
Despised — That lives in a mean condition. Honoureth — That glories in his high birth or gay attire.... [ Continue Reading ]
Regardeth — He will not destroy it either by labour beyond its strength, or by denying it necessary food or rest. Cruel — There is cruelty mixed even with their most merciful actions.... [ Continue Reading ]
Tilleth — That employs his time in an honest calling. Vain persons — In an idle course of living.... [ Continue Reading ]
Desireth — He approves those arts, which wicked men use like nets to ensnare other men. The root — That piety, which is the root of his actions, yields him sufficient fruit both for his own need, and to do good to others.... [ Continue Reading ]
Mouth — By his pious and profitable discourses. Hands — Of his actions.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hearkeneth — That distrusts his own judgments, and seeks counsel from others.... [ Continue Reading ]
Covereth — The shame, or injury done to him, which he conceals and bears with patience.... [ Continue Reading ]
Deceit — He who uses himself to lying in his common talk, will use falsehood and deceit in judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
Health — Tends to the comfort and benefit of others.... [ Continue Reading ]
A moment — Liars, though they may make a fair shew for a season, yet are quickly convicted.... [ Continue Reading ]
Deceit — They whose hearts devise mischief shall be deceived in their hopes, and bring trouble upon themselves: but they who by good counsels labour to promote peace, shall reap the comfort of it themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
Concealeth — He does not unseasonably utter what he knows. Foolishness — Betrays his ignorance and folly.... [ Continue Reading ]
A good word — A compassionate or encouraging word.... [ Continue Reading ]
Neighbour — Than any other men. Seduceth — Heb. maketh them to err, to lose that excellency or happiness which they had promised themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
Resteth not — Does not enjoy the fruit of his labours. Precious — Yields him comfort and blessing with it.... [ Continue Reading ]