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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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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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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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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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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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Proverbs 12:22 Lying H8267 lips H8193 abomination H8441 LORD H3068
deal H6213 (H8802) truthfully H530 delight H7522
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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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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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_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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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