Proverbs 6:12-19 ESV

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:12

Proverbs 6:12. A naughty person— In the Hebrew a man of Belial, with a froward mouth, Houbigant renders, distorting his mouth. The LXX read, Walketh in ways that are not right. A froward, or distorted mouth, signifies a speech void of truth, fidelity, and honesty. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:13

Proverbs 6:13. He winketh— It is a remark of St. Ambrose, that the mein and gesture of the body are an image of the mind; and he was so delicate upon this subject, that he would not ordain the son of one of his particular friends, because the young man's air and manner were by no means conformable to clerical gravity. The motion of the body is as it were the voice of the soul. Ovid says, Verba superciliis, fine voce silentia dicant; Verba leges digitis, verba notata mero. See his Amor. 1: and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:14

Proverbs 6:14. Frowardness is in his heart, &c.— Pravo corde architectatur malum, as one translation has it: he does not do mischief by chance or negligently, but deliberates how he may do it with most success; he builds it commodiously and speciously to the eye, that it may invite men to inhabit it: there is no industry nor art wanting to make it prosper, and yield a good harvest. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:12

12. A naughty person—literally, "A man of Belial," or of worthlessness, that is, for good, and so depraved, or wicked (compare 1 Samuel 25:25; 1 Samuel 30:22, &c.). Idleness and vice are allied. Though indolent in acts, he actively and habitually (walketh) is ill-natured in speech (1 Samuel 30:22- :). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 6:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 6:12

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