箴言 12:11-14 CUNPSS

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips - A man who deals in lies and false oaths will sooner or later be found out to his own ruin. There is another proverb as true as this: A liar had need of a good memory; for as the truth is not in him, he says and unsays, and often contradicts himself. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-15

The downward and the upward paths Whether we are daily ascending or descending depends very much on whether we are ready or are refusing to learn The man of open mind is he who moves up, but the man whose soul is shut against the light is he who is going down. I. THE DOWNWARD PATH . We strike one point in this path when we come to: 1 . The forming of a false estimate of ourself. When "our way is right in our own eyes" ( Proverbs 12:15 ), and that way is the wrong one,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:3-12

Strength and fruitfulness Concerning the righteous man two things are here affirmed. I. IN HIM IS STRENGTH . "The root of the righteous shall never be moved." The strong wind comes and blows down the tree which has not struck its roots far into the foil; it tears it up by the roots and stretches it prone upon the ground. It has no strength to stand because its root is easily moved. The righteous man is a tree of another kind; his root shall never be moved; he will stand... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:4-11

Blessings and miseries of domestic life I. ELEMENTS OF HAPPINESS IN THE HOME . 1 . The virtuous wife. ( Proverbs 12:4 .) The word is literally "a woman of power, " and the idea of force lies in the word and the idea of virtue. Her moral force and influence makes itself felt in all the life of the household ( Proverbs 31:10 ; Ruth 3:11 ). She is her husband's "crown of rejoicing", his glory and pride. "A thousand decencies do daily flow From all her... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:4-12

Proverbs 12:4-12 contain proverbs concerning the management of a house and business. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:11

A contrast between industry and idleness, repeated at Proverbs 28:19 . He that tilleth his land. Agriculture was the first of industries, and always highly commended among the Jews, bringing a sure return to the diligent ( Proverbs 10:5 ; Proverbs 20:4 ; Proverbs 27:18 , Proverbs 27:23-27 ; and Ec Proverbs 20:28 ). He that followeth after vain persons; rather, vain things ; μάταια , Septuagint, empty, useless employments, profitless business, in contrast to active... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:12

Modern commentators have endeavoured to amend the text of this verse by various methods, which may be seen in Nowack's note on the passage; but the existing reading gives an appropriate sense, and alteration is not absolutely needed, though it is plain that the LXX had before them something different from the Masoretic text. The wicked desireth the net of evil men ( Ecclesiastes 7:26 ), that he may use the means which they take to enrich themselves; or matsod may mean, not the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:12-22

Virtues and vices in civil life I. SOME VICES OF SOCIETY . 1 . Envious greed. ( Proverbs 12:12 .) The wicked desires the "takings" of the evil. It is a general description of greedy strife and competition, one man trying to forestall another in the bargain, or to profit at the expense of his loss; a mutually destructive process, a grinding of egoistic passions against one another, so that there can be no mutual confidence nor peace ( Isaiah 48:22 ; Isaiah 57:21 ). The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips; rather, in the transgression of the lips is an evil snare ( Proverbs 18:7 ). A man by speaking unadvisedly or intemperately brings trouble upon himself, involves himself in difficulties which he did not foresee. Often when he has spoken in order to injure others, the slander or the censure has redounded on himself (comp. Psalms 7:15 , Psalms 7:16 ; Psalms 9:16 ). The just; the man who does not offend with his lips, avoids these... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:14

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth ( Proverbs 13:2 ; Proverbs 14:14 ; Proverbs 18:20 ). A man's words are like seeds, and if they are wise and pure and kindly, they will bring forth the fruit of love and favour and respect. Christian commentaters see here a reference to the day of judgment, wherein great stress is laid on the words ( Matthew 12:37 ). Of a man's hands. That which a man has done, his kindly actions, shall meet with full reward (comp. Isaiah... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:3-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:4-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:4-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:12-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:14

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