Proverbs 12:1-6 ESV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 12:6

Are to lie in wait for blood; are designed and ordered to entrap or deceive others, and to destroy them. Shall deliver them, to wit, from those that lie in wait for them; which it doth, either, 1. By prayer to God for their deliverance; or, 2. By pacifying the wicked with soft and gentle answers, or by diverting them from their evil course by their good counsels and admonitions; or, 3. By pleading their righteous cause in a judicial or other way. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-2

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 12:1. Instruction, “discipline” or “disciplinary instruction.” Proverbs 12:2. Obtaineth, literally “draws out.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:1THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE PROOF OF ITTrue knowledge is to be loved—I. For what it can do for him who loves it. 1. It refines a man. Gold when it is in its natural condition is valuable because it is gold, but when it has been purged from its impurities by the refining process it is more to be valued and is more beautiful. So... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 12:3

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:3A RIGHT DESIRE AND THE MEANS OF ITS ATTAINMENTI. There has always been a desire in men for establishment—for fixedness. 1. It is a good and God-given aspiration, and manifests itself in many ways. Men rightly desire to have a settled home—a spot on earth to which they may attach themselves and from which they cannot be driven. This is a desire especially strong in the western and northern nations, and has been a powerful element in their development. Men desire a... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 12:4

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 12:4. Virtuous, literally “strenuous,” “capable” (used in Ruth 3:11). MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:4A HUSBAND’S CROWNI. A woman possessed of a quality which time will not destroy or impair. Virtue is not a mere negative good—it is not simply an absence of evil. A virtuous person is one who has overcome evil—one who is prevented from being a worker of evil by being a worker of good. Virtue is a thing of growth—human nature has to struggle to acquire moral excellence—to... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 12:5-8

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 12:5. Thoughts, or “purposes.” Right, “judgment,” “justice.” Proverbs 12:7. Wordsworth here reads, “When the wicked turn themselves,” etc., i.e., on any reverse of their fortunes, however slight, they perish. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPHS—Proverbs 12:5-8THOUGHTS AND WORDS AND THEIR RESULTI. The thoughts of the righteous or godly man are right. 1. Because he has the best material out of which to build his thoughts. The kind of building which is reared will depend... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-28

Chapter 12Whoso 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 he will hate you. And a fool hateth instruction, and so forth. And the value of loving instruction, receiving instruction.A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will be condemned by God. A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 12:1-28

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 despised, as a plebeian, and hath a servant; others say, and hath many servants, is better than the baron lost in poverty and debts. In the east, the rank of a man is known, not so much by the splendour of his carriage, as by the number of footmen which attend him. Absalom had fifty men to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:1

Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.Worthless and attentive hearersAttention to the precepts and wise counsels of this book is urged by--1. The advantage which such precepts are of, to improve a man’s carriage and conversation.2. The fact that they are a safeguard against the mischiefs of evil company.3. That they are the best preservatives of health and long life.4. In the ways of wisdom is to be found peace with God, with man, and with... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:2

Proverbs 12:2A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord. The blessing of the righteous and misery of the wickedThere is s marked difference between the righteous and the wicked both in their characteristics and in their condition.I. The teaching of the passage regarding the blessing of the righteous.1. The righteous has the favour of the Lord (Proverbs 12:2). In the Divine favour is the guarantee of all good.2. The righteous is firmly fixed (Proverbs 12:3).3. He is wiser in his speech (Proverbs... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:4

Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones False affectionDelilah’s character, though but briefly drawn, is not without terrible significance.In her we see a violation of the ties of life and properly-poised affection which makes us start; and yet by many among us this fault is committed and scarcely considered to be a fault. We hardly know a case of more affecting and heartless treachery than that of Delilah. Under the... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 12:6

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 12:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 12:4

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 12:5-8

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-28

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 12:1-28

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:1

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:2

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:4

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