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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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ABOMINATION, &C. See note on Proverbs 3:32.
THEY THAT DEAL TRULY ARE, &C. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "is"
(singular). he that dealeth, &c....
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LYING LIPS ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD— "The Lord (says Melancthon
on this verse) recommends to us the love and care of truth, both in
doctrines concerning himself, and in arts, and all honest covenan...
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TEXT Proverbs 12:20-28
20.
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;
But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
21.
There shall be no mischief happen to the righteous;
But the wicked shall b...
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Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are
his delight.
LYING LIPS ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD: BUT THEY THAT DEAL TRULY ARE
HIS DELIGHT. Not merely they that speak truly...
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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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Sometimes, we need to remember simple facts. Some wise words are
complex, like a puzzle. Other wise words are very easy to understand.
Even a little child can understand this verse....
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תֹּועֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה שִׂפְתֵי ־שָׁ֑קֶר
וְ עֹשֵׂ֖י...
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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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The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is
but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil:
but to the counsellors of peace is joy. There shall no evil hap...
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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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LYING LIPS [ARE] ABOMINATION TO THE LORD,.... Such that speak lies in
common talk; and that deliver out doctrinal lies, false doctrines,
lies in hypocrisy, as are the doctrines of Rome; these are abom...
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Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly
[are] his delight.
Ver. 22. _Lying lips are abomination to the Lord._] Who hath therefore
threatened to "cut them off," Psa 12:3 and...
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_Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord_ “The Lord,” says
Melancthon, on this verse, “recommends to us the love and care of
truth, both in doctrines concerning himself, and in arts, and all
honest...
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V. 22. LYING LIPS ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD, He loathes liars and
deceivers; BUT THEY THAT DEAL TRULY, practicing uprightness always,
are His delight....
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THAT DEAL TRULY; that speak and act sincerely and truly. He implies,
that although lying lips alone are sufficient to purchase God's
hatred, yet truth in a man's speech is not sufficient to procure Go...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH AND SOUND AUTHORITY (PROVERBS 12:17).
In this next subsection the stress is on truth as opposed to
falsehood, on authority as opposed to disobedience, and on the
benefits accru...
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Proverbs 12:22
I. To tell lies is pitiful and mean. Nobody who is honourable and
high-minded will stoop to do it. Even when we suffer for telling the
truth, it is far better to have the courage to st...
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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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_Lying lips are abomination to the Lord._
ON LYING
Man excels the rest of the creatures in the power of communicating
thoughts one to another. The creatures are taught, by nature, almost
immediately,...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:16 The fool’s perspective of being
“right in his own eyes” (v. Proverbs 12:15) is illustrated in his
speech, which is contrasted with that of the wise....
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:21_
ALL WORKING FOR THE GOOD OF THE RIGHTEOUS
The first clause cannot, of course, mean that nothing that appears
evil—that no sorrow or loss happens to the just. Such...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 12:17. SPEAKETH, literally “breathes.”
PROVERBS 12:18. SPEAKETH, literally “babbles.” Health,
“healing.”
PROVERBS 12:19. A MOMENT, literally “while I wink.”...
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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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Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 13:22; Isaiah 9:15; Jeremiah 9:24; Proverbs 1