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CHAPTER XII
_Of the benefit of instruction, and the cultivation of piety._
_The virtuous woman. The different lot of the just and unjust._
_The humane man. The industrious man. The fool and the wis...
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BRUTISH - Dumb as a brute beast. The difference between man and brute
lies chiefly in the capacity of the former for progress and
improvement, and that capacity depends upon his willingness to submit...
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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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INSTRUCTION. discipline, or correction....
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_instruction_ or, _correction_, R.V. text. See Proverbs 1:2, note....
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WHOSO LOVETH INSTRUCTION— Or, according to others, _correction,_ or
_reproof._ It is well observed, that if a man cannot endure to be told
of his faults, it is a shrewd sign that he is in the way to b...
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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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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
is brutish.
WHOSO LOVETH INSTRUCTION (HEBREW, DISCIPLINARY INSTRUCTION) LOVETH
KNOWLEDGE: BUT HE THAT HATETH REPROOF IS BRUTISH...
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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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XII.
(1) WHOSO LOVETH INSTRUCTION LOVETH KNOWLEDGE. — Rather, _he that
loveth knowledge loveth discipline, i.e.,_ to put himself in the place
of a learner; while “he that hateth reproof,” who will no...
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אֹהֵ֣ב מ֖וּסָר אֹ֣הֵֽב דָּ֑עַת וְ
שֹׂנֵ֖א תֹו
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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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_Knowledge. It is a great kindness to shew us our faults. But God's
grace is necessary to make us reap benefit from correction, (Calmet)
as self-love recoils at it._...
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
is brutish. A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of
wicked devices will he condemn.
Is it not Christ here spoken of,...
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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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WHOSE LOVETH INSTRUCTION LOVETH KNOWLEDGE,.... That loves the
instruction of Wisdom, or Christ, Proverbs 4:13; the means of
instruction, the Scriptures, which are profitable for instruction in
righteo...
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
[is] brutish.
Ver. 1. _Whoso loveth instruction, loveth knowledge._] Here is
showed, that adversity is the best university, saith...
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_Whose loveth instruction_ Admonition, or reproof, (as appears from
the next clause,) which is a singular means of gaining true wisdom;
_loveth knowledge_ Shows that he is a true lover of it, because...
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V. 1. WHOSO LOVETH INSTRUCTION, including all moral training, LOVETH
KNOWLEDGE, for that is the fruit of such training; BUT HE THAT HATETH
REPROOF IS BRUTISH, for in resenting correction a person plac...
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PROVERBS CHAPTER 12 INSTRUCTION; admonition or reproof, as appears
from the next clause, which is a singular means of getting true and
sound knowledge. LOVETH KNOWLEDGE; showeth that he is a true love...
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Proverbs 12:1 loves H157 (H8802) instruction H4148 loves H157 (H8802)
knowledge H1847 hates H8130 (H8802) correction
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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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_Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
is brutish._
WORTHLESS AND ATTENTIVE HEARERS
Attention to the precepts and wise counsels of this book is urged by--
1. The adv...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:1 These verses begin by encouraging the
reader to be one who LOVES DISCIPLINE and not one who HATES REPROOF or
moral correction. Such an attitude produces a life that...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 12:1. INSTRUCTION, “discipline” or “disciplinary
instruction.”
PROVERBS 12:2. OBTAINETH, literally “draws out.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:1_
THE LOVE OF KNOWLE
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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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2 Thessalonians 2:10; Isaiah 1:3; Proverbs 18:1; Proverbs 2:10;...