The Pulpit Commentary - 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 of himself and of all moral obligations. Is brutish; is as insensible to higher aspirations, to regret for the past or hope of amendment, as a brute beast (comp. Proverbs 30:2 ). On this point St. Augustine is quoted: " Quicumque corripi non vis, ex eo sane corripiendus es quia corripi non vis. Non vis enim tua... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are overthrown - Seldom does God give such a long life or numerous offspring. But the house of the righteous shall stand - God blesses their progeny, and their families continue long in the earth; whereas the wicked seldom have many generations in a direct line. This is God's mercy, that the entail of iniquity may be in some sort cut off, so that the same vices may not be strengthened by successive generations. For generally the bad root produces not only a bad plant, but one... read more