Proverbs 12:5

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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 12:5

Pro 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit. Ver. 5. The thoughts of the righteous are right. ] He feeds his thoughts upon the best objects, those especially mentioned in that little Bible, Philippians 4:8 , "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 12:5

thoughts: Proverbs 11:23, Proverbs 24:9, Psalms 119:15, Psalms 139:23, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 4:14 counsels: Psalms 12:2, Psalms 12:3, Psalms 36:2-Numbers :, Psalms 41:6, Psalms 41:7, Psalms 140:1-Leviticus :, Matthew 2:3-Ruth :, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 26:4, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 2 Corinthians 4:2 Reciprocal: Genesis 49:6 - come 1 Kings 12:14 - the counsel 2 Chronicles 10:14 - the advice 2 Chronicles 22:4 - they were his Proverbs 26:24 - deceit Matthew 1:20 - while read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:5

5. Thoughts… righteous Their purposes, intentions, accord with justice, or a judicial decision; that is, are like unto one. They meditate, and intend nothing but what is right. The counsels תחבלות , tahhbuloth, (comp. Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 11:14,) the governing principles, of the wicked are deceit. Are intended to deceive. Tahhbuloth is the same word which in Proverbs 1:5, is translated wise counsels. See note there. read more