The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:20
Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil. A denunciation of wicked menI. A description of their persons.1. They are evil-doers, but more especially, the practiser, the artificer in evil; one wholly bent upon sin; the body and mind occupied in executing and acting corrupt desires.2. Nor is every evil aimed at, but evil in a high degree, evil against others--mischief.3. This man is subtle in his evil. He is a cunning workman, sly, subtle, and close devising and effecting his... read more
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