Proverbs 12:1
INSTRUCTION. discipline, or correction.... [ Continue Reading ]
INSTRUCTION. discipline, or correction.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14, WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. WILL HE CONDEMN: or will pronounce him guilty, as Job 40:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _adam._ App-14. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ THE RIGHTEOUS. righteous ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
VIRTUOUS. worthy. See Proverbs 31:10 and Rth 31:11. CROWN. Always used of. bridal or royal crown.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGHTS. plans. RIGHT. just (as to their character). Illustrations: David (1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel 26:8); Daniel (Daniel 1:8; Daniel 6:4); Nuthanael (John 1:47). COUNSELS. steerings, or directions. Illustrations: Korah (Numbers 16); Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:28. Compare Proverbs 12:26); the prophe [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. Hebrew. _dabar._ App-73. THE UPRIGHT. upright ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVERTHROWN. Compare Genesis 19:21; Genesis 19:25; Genesis 19:29. 2Sa 10:3. 1 Chronicles 19:3, &c. AND ARE NOT. there is nothing of them left.... [ Continue Reading ]
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; 1 Samuel 2:17; 1 Samuel 2:30); Nabal (1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Samuel 25:17. Compare Proverbs 28:6); [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT IS DESPISED, AND HATH. Better to be little noticed and have, &c. BETTER. See note on Proverbs 8:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
REGARDETH, &C.. knoweth. Illustrations: Jacob (Genesis 33:13; Genesis 33:14); David (1 Samuel 17:34; 1 Samuel 17:35). LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. CRUEL. Illustrations: Nahash (1 Samuel 11:1; 1 Samuel 11:2); Pilate (Luke 23:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL BE SATISFIED. Illustrations: Isaac (Genesis 26:12); Jacob (Genesis 31:40; Genesis 32:10). HE THAT FOLLOWETH, &C. Illustrations: Abimelech's followers (Judges 9. Compare Proverbs 24:21); Theudas (Acts 5:36; Acts 5:37). UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew "heart", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subje... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WICKED. a lawless one. THE NET. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is caught in it. OF EVIL MEN: i.e. which evil men use. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a._ App-44: not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 12:21. YIELDETH. giveth [to others]: i.e. instead of ta... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WICKED. an evil man. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ Same word as "evil" in Proverbs 12:12. TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44. LIPS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by them. Illustrations: Korah (Numbers 16:1; Numbers 16:31.Psalms 64:8; Psalms 64:8); the Amalekit... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOL. Hebrew. _'evil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. letteth itself be. PRESENTLY. immediately, at once, the same day. Illustrations: Jehoram (2 Kings 6:31); Jezebel (1 Kings 19:1; 1 Kings 19:2); Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 3:19); synagogue at Nazareth (Luke 4:28). covereth. concealeth. SHAME. public ignominy. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect),... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE THE PIERCINGS, &C. Illustrations: Saul (1 Samuel 20:30. and Proverbs 18:21. Compare Psalms 57:4, and Proverbs 16:27); Doeg (1 Samuel 22:9); Jews (John 8:48); Jeremiah (Lamentations 3:14.Hebrews 11:36;... [ Continue Reading ]
LIP. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken. Illustration: Caleb and Joshua (Numbers 14:30; Numbers 14:38). BUT FOR. MOMENT. Illustrations: Ahab (1Ki 22:30, 1 Kings 22:37. Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:2; Jeremiah 28:11. Compare verses: Proverbs 12:15); Gehazi (2Ki 5:22, 2... [ Continue Reading ]
NO EVIL. nothing in vain. Hebrew. _'aven_. App-44. MISCHIEF. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ Same word as "evil" in verses: Proverbs 12:12; Proverbs 12:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCEALETH KNOWLEDGE. Illustrations: Samuel (1 Samuel 9:27. Compare Proverbs 10:16); Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:2; Nehemiah 6:3). FOOLS. Hebrew. _kesil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 12:24 shall bear r [ Continue Reading ]
HEAVINESS. Anxiety (feminine) STOOP. bowed down. Illustrations: Ezra (Ezra 9:3 Ezra 10:6); Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1:4); David (Psalms 40:12); Jeremiah (Jeremiah 8:18). MAKETH, &C.. maketh [the man] glad [by driving it (feminine), the anxiety (feminine), away].... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one, is more excellent than his neighbour. guideth his neighbour. SEDUCETH THEM. leadeth them astray. The clauses are not "unrelated", nor is the text "corrupt beyond restoration", when properly translated.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROASTETH NOT, &C.. starteth not his game (see the Oxford Gesenius). SUBSTANCE: i.e. that which the diligent man "starts" and obtains is substantial. The proverb is not "humorous".... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE: i.e. life eternal. See note on Leviticus 18:5. NO DEATH. immortality. Or take _nethebah_ (as in Judges 5:6; Isaiah 59:8) as denoting, with _derek,_ no devious winding by-path. In this case we must read _'el,_ "to", instead of _'al,_ "no". This avoids the necessity of the italics.... [ Continue Reading ]