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CHAPTER 12 THE CONTRAST IN RELATION TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS
In these proverbs we have the righteous mentioned, his thoughts, his
words, his domestic relationship, his attitude toward animal creation
Pro...
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PROVERBS 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite
subject of retribution (Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7; Proverbs
12:14;...
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SHALL BE COMMENDED. Illustration: Joseph (Genesis 41:39).
WISDOM. Hebrew. _sakal._ See note on Proverbs 1:2.
SHALL BE DESPISED. Illustrations: Hophni and Phinehas (1 Samuel 1:3;...
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CHAPTER 12
TEXT Proverbs 12:1-9
1.
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge;
But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
2.
A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah;
But a man of wicked devices will...
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A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a
perverse heart shall be despised.
A MAN SHALL BE COMMENDED ACCORDING TO (LITERALLY, ACCORDING TO THE
MOUTH OF: A HEBREW IDIOM F...
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4. A CROWN, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn
on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom (Song of Solomon 3:11;
Song of Solomon 8:9). In Damascus the bridal crown consists of...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 12
V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction.
Only a stupid person hates correction....
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Some people praise wealthy people, or famous people. Other people
follow kings and rulers. As Christians, we should respect wise people.
A wise person, who serves God, deserves honour.
V9 One man may...
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ACCORDING TO HIS WISDOM — _i.e.,_ intelligent observance of the ends
to be pursued in life, and the best means of attaining to them; in
other words, finding out the will of God and how to fulfil it....
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לְֽ פִי ־שִׂ֭כְלֹו יְהֻלַּל ־אִ֑ישׁ
וְ נַעֲוֵ
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CHAPTER 13
THE TONGUE
"A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the
doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14
"In the transgression of the LIPS i...
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Verse Proverbs 12:9. That is to say, it matters little that one is not
counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is
able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to minis...
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_Learning. We apply to those things which we love, and those who study
sacred (Calmet) or useful sciences, shall receive praise._...
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A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the
righteous shall not be moved. A virtuous woman is a crown to her
husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
T...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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A MAN SHALL BE COMMENDED ACCORDING TO HIS WISDOM,.... Not according to
his birth and pedigree; not according to his riches and wealth; not
according to the places of honour and trust he may be in; but...
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A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a
perverse heart shall be despised.
Ver. 8. _A man shall be commended according to his wisdom._] And all
wisdom consists in this, _...
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_A man shall be commended_ Namely, by wise and good men; _according to
his wisdom_ More or less, according to the degree of wisdom, which his
discourses and actions discover to be in him; _but he that...
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V. 8. A MAN SHALL BE COMMENDED ACCORDING TO (literally, "in the
presence of") HIS WISDOM, in proportion to the insight he shows in all
matters of life; BUT HE THAT IS OF A PERVERSE HEART SHALL BE DESP...
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OF A PERVERSE HEART:
_ Heb._ perverse of heart...
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A MAN SHALL BE COMMENDED, to wit, by wise and good men, according to
his wisdom; more or less according to the degree of wisdom which his
discourses and actions discover to be in him. HE THAT IS OF A...
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Proverbs 12:8 man H376 commended H1984 (H8792) according H6310 wisdom
H7922 perverse H5753 (H8737) heart H3820 desp
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A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS, THE BASIS OF
THE RIGHTEOUS FAMILY, AND THE DESTINY OF EACH (PROVERBS 12:1).
We have here another subsection in which the various attributes of t...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: In the life of the righteous, there is all true comfort
and satisfaction and at the end of life there is eternal joy. The m...
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Proverbs 12:4. _A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband,_ as
illustrated at large in chap. 31.
Proverbs 12:9. _He that is despised, and hath a servant._ There are
various comments here. He that is...
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_A man shall be commended according to his wisdom._
APPRECIATION BETTER THAN PRAISE
There are persons in this world--and the pity is that there are not
more of them--who care less for praise than for...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 12:5. THOUGHTS, or “purposes.” RIGHT, “judgment,”
“justice.”
PROVERBS 12:7. Wordsworth here reads, “When the wicked turn
themselves,” etc., _i.e._, on any reverse of their...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 12:1
INSTRUCTION; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults,
gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive
_knowledge, _especially the knowledge o...
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Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he who hates reproof is
brutish (Proverbs 12:1).
And there's a lot in the Proverbs about instructing a wise man and he
will love you. Instruct a fool and...
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1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 16:18;...