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Verse Proverbs 12:2. _A GOOD_ MAN _OBTAINETH FAVOUR_] First, it is God
who makes him _good_; for every child of Adam is _bad_ till the grace
of God changes his heart. Secondly, while he walks in the p...
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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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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....
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_obtaineth_ See Proverbs 3:13, note. Comp. Proverbs 8:35....
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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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A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices
will he condemn.
A GOOD MAN OBTAINETH FAVOUR OF THE LORD - literally, 'draws forth
good will.' On the verb cf. note, .
BUT A...
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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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A GOOD MAN. — The corresponding phrase, “a man of wicked
devices,” _i.e.,_ who plots against his neighbour, fixes the sense
of “good” as signifying “benevolent” (comp. Psalms 73:1); and
for the sentim...
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טֹ֗וב יָפִ֣יק רָ֭צֹון מֵ יְהוָ֑ה וְ
אִ֖ישׁ מְזִמֹּ֣ות יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃...
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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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_But. Hebrew, "and he will condemn the man of devices,"
(Mont.[Montanus?]; Haydock) or, "the man of thoughts doth wickedly,"
(Calmet) as he trusts in them, rather than in God. (Menochius)_...
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
is brutish. A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of
wicked devices will he condemn.
Is it not Christ here spoken of...
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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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A GOOD [MAN] OBTAINETH FAVOUR OF THE LORD,.... One that is made so by
the grace of God, for no man is so naturally; there is none good, nor
does good, no, not one, until some good thing is put into hi...
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_A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked
devices will he condemn._
Ver. 2. _A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord._] Or, "Hath what he
will of God"; _id quod vult a Domino im...
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V. 2. A GOOD MAN OBTAINETH FAVOR OF THE LORD, is an object of Jehovah'
s good pleasure; BUT A MAN OF WICKED DEVICES WILL HE CONDEMN, for He
loathes planning which intends the neighbor' s harm....
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OBTAINETH FAVOUR; whereby he is and shall be acquitted and justified.
A MAN OF WICKED DEVICES, who designeth and industriously committeth
wickedness, will he condemn, when he standeth in judgment, how...
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Proverbs 12:2 good H2896 obtains H6329 (H8686) favor H7522 LORD H3068
man H376 intentions H4209 condemn H7561 (H8686)
good - Proverbs 8:35; Psalms 112:5; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Acts 11:24;...
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A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS, THE BASIS OF
THE RIGHTEOUS FAMILY, AND THE DESTINY OF EACH (PROVERBS 12:1).
We have here another subsection in which the various attributes of t...
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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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_A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord._
THE BLESSING OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND MISERY OF THE WICKED
There is s marked difference between the righteous and the wicked both
in their characteristics and...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:1 These verses begin by encouraging the
reader to be one who LOVES DISCIPLINE and not one who HATES REPROOF or
moral correction. Such an attitude produces a life that WILL...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 12:1. INSTRUCTION, “discipline” or “disciplinary
instruction.”
PROVERBS 12:2. OBTAINETH, literally “draws out.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:1_
THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE A...
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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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Acts 11:24; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Isaiah 32:5; Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs
6:18; Proverbs 8:35; Psalms 112:5; Psalms 9:15; Romans 5:7...