Proverbs 12:6 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 12:5-8

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 12:6

Pro 12:6 The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. Ver. 6. The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood. ] As they think not, so neither speak they the language of the righteous. "Ye are the light of the world"; Mat 5:14 and because the light stands in the light of their wicked ways, as the angel in Balaam’s way to his sin, therefore they hate the saints; and, as all hatred is bloody, seek their lives, mixing cruelty with... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 12:6

words: Proverbs 1:11-Psalms :, 2 Samuel 17:1-Numbers :, Isaiah 59:7, Jeremiah 5:26, Micah 7:1, Micah 7:2, Acts 23:12, Acts 23:15, Acts 25:3 the mouth: Proverbs 14:3, Esther 4:7-2 Chronicles :, Esther 7:4-Joshua : Reciprocal: Psalms 59:3 - they Proverbs 10:32 - but Matthew 12:35 - good man read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.Lie in wait — Are designed to entrap others, and to destroy them.Deliver them — From those that lie in wait for them. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:6

6. Are to lie in wait Are a lying in wait an ambush. For blood That is, to shed blood, to take life. Compare Proverbs 1:11-18; Proverbs 11:9. Shall deliver them Namely, those whose blood is sought. It is implied that this shall be done by their counsels, advices, pleas, or prayers by what proceeds out of their mouth. “Men sincerely good give the best advice they can to deliver such innocent persons from their bloody snares.” Patrick. But others understand that the upright shall... read more