Proverbs 12:18

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 12:18

Proverbs 12:18The tongue of the wise is health. Healthy and unhealthy speechSome men pride themselves on the pungency of their speech. They delight in sharp answers, keen retorts, quick repartees, and boast themselves when they cut their opponents in two. There are others who are gifted in the expression of complaint, reproach, and criticism against the whole providence of life. They can say sharp and bitter things about God and man, and they can be satisfied because of the edge of their own... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 12:18

Pro 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health. Ver. 18. There is that speaketh lies like the piercings of a sword. ] False witnesses do so, with a witness. As Doeg, Psa 52:2 and his fellow hacksters with their murdering weapons in David’s bones, Psa 42:10 whereby they killed him alive, and buried him in their throats, those gaping graves, open sepulchres. Abimelech and his fellow priests were killed with the tongue, as with a tuck or... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 12:18

that: Proverbs 25:18, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 57:4, Psalms 59:7, Psalms 64:3, James 3:6-Ruth : like: Compare, Revelation 1:16 but: Proverbs 10:20, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 13:17, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 16:24, Daniel 11:33, Revelation 22:2 Reciprocal: Genesis 34:13 - deceitfully Job 4:4 - upholden Job 5:21 - be hid Job 6:25 - forcible Job 19:2 - break me Psalms 42:10 - As with Psalms 55:21 - The words Psalms 140:3 - sharpened Proverbs 4:22 - health Proverbs 10:32 - but Proverbs 12:25 - but... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.Health — Tends to the comfort and benefit of others. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:18

18. There is that speaketh Prates or babbles. Piercings of a sword Like knife-thrusts. His words are daggers. But the tongue of the wise is health Or healing; heals the wounds made by the idle and malicious babblers. Compare Psalms 57:4; Psalms 59:7. read more