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Verse Proverbs 12:11. _HE THAT TILLETH HIS LAND_] God's blessing will
be in the labour of the honest agriculturist.
_BUT HE THAT FOLLOWETH VAIN PERSONS_] He who, while he should be
cultivating his gr...
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The contrast is carried on between the life of industry and that of
the idle, “vain person” of the “baser sort” (the “Raca” of
Matthew 5:22). We might have expected that the second clause would
have e...
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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; Proverbs 12:21; Proverbs 12:28). Several deal with speech...
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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...
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_vain_persons] We may either supply _persons_, with A.V. and R.V.
text: or _things_, with R.V. marg. and LXX. μάταια, Vulg.
_sectatur otium_, and in accordance with the usage of this Book in
following...
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HE THAT TILLETH, &C.— The LXX add to this verse, _He that taketh a
pleasure in taverns, shall leave disgrace in his own fortresses._...
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TEXT Proverbs 12:10-19
10.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast;
But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
But he that f...
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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that
followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
HE THAT TILLETH HIS LAND SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH BREAD. The
occupation must be...
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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.
V2 God is kind to a good man.
God punishes...
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VAIN PERSONS. — Or, _things,_ such as “searching for hid
treasures” (Proverbs 2:4)....
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עֹבֵ֣ד אַ֭דְמָתֹו יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
־לָ֑חֶם וּ מְרַדֵּ֖ף רֵיקִ֣ים חֲסַר
־לֵֽב׃...
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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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_Idleness. Hebrew, "the idle." Their company is seducing. --- He that,
&c. This occurs in the Septuagint, but not in the Hebrew or the new
edition of St. Jerome. (Calmet) --- Wine. Or "in taverns." --...
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A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel. He that tilleth his land shall be
satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of
u...
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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
follow...
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HE THAT TILLETH HIS LAND SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH BREAD,.... This was
man's work in innocence; this he was doomed to do with the sweat of
his brow after his fall; every man has his land to till, or som...
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_He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that
followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding._
Ver. 11. _He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied, &c._] This is
true of a...
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_He that tilleth his land_ That employeth his time and strength in an
honest calling; _shall be satisfied with bread_ Shall, through the
blessing of God, have food convenient for himself and his famil...
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V. 11. HE THAT TILLETH HIS LAND SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH BREAD, his
industry ordinarily being rewarded in this manner; BUT HE THAT
FOLLOWETH VAIN PERSONS, vanity, idleness, laziness, IS VOID OF
UNDERST...
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THAT TILLETH HIS LAND; that employeth his time and strength in an
honest calling. THAT FOLLOWETH VAIN PERSONS; that useth their society
and idle course of living. IS VOID OF UNDERSTANDING; shall throu...
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Proverbs 12:11 tills H5647 (H8802) land H127 satisfied H7646 (H8799)
bread H3899 follows H7291 (H8764) frivolity H7386 devoid H2638
understanding H3820
tilleth - Proverbs 13:23, Proverbs 14:4, Prover...
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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 tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread._
THE LAW OF LABOUR
It is no mercy to be freed from the law of labour. Nor is it God that
frees a man from that law. Among the opulent there ar...
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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 paralleled by LACKS SENSE. The RIGHTEOUS...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 12:11. VAIN PERSONS, or “vanity,” “emptiness.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:11_
SATISFACTION FROM TILLAGE
I. SATISFACTION AS THE RESULT OF TILLAGE DEPENDS—
1. _Upon th...
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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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1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; 2 Thessalonians 3:8;
Ephesians 4:28; Genesis 3:19; Jonah 2:8; Judges 9:4; Proverbs 1:10;
Proverbs 13:20;...
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Tilleth — That employs his time in an honest calling. Vain persons
— In an idle course of living....