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Verse Proverbs 12:9. HE THAT IS _DESPISED, AND HATH A SERVANT_] I
believe the _Vulgate_ gives the true _sense_ of this verse: Melior est
pauper, et sufficiens sibi; quam gloriosus, et indigens pane....
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Two interpretations are equally tenable;
(1) as in the King James Version, He whom men despise, or who is
“lowly” in his own eyes (compare 1 Samuel 18:23), if he has a
slave, i. e., if he is one step...
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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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HE THAT IS DESPISED, AND HATH. Better to be little noticed and have,
&c.
BETTER. See note on Proverbs 8:11....
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_despised_ Rather, LIGHTLY ESTEEMED, R.V.; a person of no consequence,
in the eyes of others, and perhaps (as in 1 Samuel 18:23, the word is
used by David of himself) in his own eyes also, in contrast...
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HE THAT IS DESPISED, AND HATH A SERVANT, &C.— The passage may be
understood; "It is better to be in lowliness and obscurity, and to
cultivate one's own little heritage, than to want the necessaries of...
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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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He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that
honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
(HE THAT IS) DESPISED, AND HATH A SERVANT, IS BETTER THAN HE THAT
HONOURETH HIMSELF, AND LACKET...
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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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Even a poor man in those days could afford to have a slave (cp. Exodus
21:32), and such a man, although others might look down on him, would
be happier than a person who maintained much state and show...
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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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This is a puzzle. A famous person can be very poor. An unimportant
person can be wealthy. Often, we do not understand why a person should
be poor or wealthy.
Some people pretend that they are wealthy...
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HE THAT IS DESPISED. — That is, lowly in his eyes and those of
others, as David (1 Samuel 18:23); if “he hath a servant,” that
is, if he be in easy circumstances. It has been remarked that “the
first...
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טֹ֣וב נִ֭קְלֶה וְ עֶ֣בֶד לֹ֑ו מִ֝
מְּתַכַּבֵּ
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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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_Glorious. Or a boaster, (Haydock) as many noblemen are, who are
involved in debt, Ecclesiasticus x. 30. (Menochius) --- It is better
to have a sufficiency, than to be of noble parentage; and starving...
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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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[HE THAT IS] DESPISED, AND HATH A SERVANT,.... Meaning not the same
person as before, but one in mean circumstances of life; and because
he has not that substance as others have, at least does not mak...
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Proverbs 12:9 _[He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better
than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread._
Ver. 9. _Better is he that is despised._] Viz., Of others, and hath
no ex...
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_He that is despised_ That lives in an obscure and mean condition in
the world, such being commonly despised by persons of a higher rank;
_and hath a servant_ Hath but one servant: or, as the LXX. ren...
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V. 9. HE THAT IS DESPISED AND HATH A SERVANT IS BETTER, rather,
"Better is the lowly that serveth himself," being of small means and
not too proud to be found engaged in performing the work of a serva...
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THAT IS DESPISED; that liveth in a mean and obscure condition in the
world, for such are commonly despised by men of a higher rank. HATH A
SERVANT; hath but one servant. Or rather, _is servant to hims...
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Proverbs 12:9 Better H2896 slighted H7034 (H8737) servant H5650 honors
H3513 (H8693) lacks H2638 bread...
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THE RIGHTEOUS ARE COMPASSIONATE AND HARD WORKING AND WILL PROSPER,
WHILE THE UNRIGHTEOUS ARE LACKING IN COMPASSION AND SLOTHFUL AND WILL
SUFFER LACK AND BE PUNISHED (PROVERBS 12:9).
The first three ve...
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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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_He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that
honoureth himself, and lacketh bread._
DOMESTIC MODESTY AND DISPLAY
Vanity, or love of display, is one of the most contemptible and
p...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:9 These sayings about ordinary workers
illustrate either the “good sense” or the “twisted mind” of v.
Proverbs 12:8. LACK BREAD is p
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 12:9. This verse is read in two ways. Zockler reads,
“Better is the lowly that serveth himself than he that boasteth and
lacketh bread.” Wordsworth agrees with this view. De...
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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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Luke 14:11; Proverbs 13:7...
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Despised — That lives in a mean condition. Honoureth — That
glories in his high birth or gay attire....