Proverbs 12:6-16

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 12:7

Proverbs 12:7But the house of the righteous shall stand. Virtuous kindredI. In the first place, the circumstance of belonging to the house of the righteous, is a great security that the early principles which so commonly decide the character of the man, have been the subjects of a judicious and anxious attention. The child of such a house cannot have been left to collect from the chance companions of after-life those important truths upon the knowledge of which so much depends.II. It is a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:8

Proverbs 12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom. Appreciation better than praiseThere are persons in this world--and the pity is that there are not more of them--who care less for praise than for appreciation. They have an ideal after which they are striving, but of which they consciously fall short, as every one who has a lofty ideal is sure to do. When that ideal is recognised by another, and they are praised or commended for something--let that something be important or not--in... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:9

Proverbs 12:9He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.Domestic modesty and displayVanity, or love of display, is one of the most contemptible and pernicious passions that can take possession of the human mind. Its roots are self-ignorance, its fruits are affectation and falsehood. The text refers to this in families, and when it takes possession of households it often destroys domestic comforts.I. There are domestic comforts without... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:10

Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. The sin of cruelty to animalsFirst remove some prejudices against dealing with this subject.1. This is a trifling subject, which is unworthy of being made a matter of grave and deliberate consideration. But if this subject constitute a matter of moral and religious obligation at all, it is not to be thrust out of view because it is not of the most universal and commanding importance. It belongs to the great duty of mercy, and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:11

Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread.The law of labourIt is no mercy to be freed from the law of labour. Nor is it God that frees a man from that law. Among the opulent there are some who break the law of labour, and some who keep it. They keep it by working in their own province, in that state of life into which it has pleased God to call them. There is brain-toil as well as hand-toil; the wear and tear of the mental energies tend more to shorten life than the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:12

Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.The crafty and the honestI. Craftiness.1. Craft is an instinct of wickedness: No true Christian is a hypocrite. The better a man is, the less temptation he has to disguise himself. A wicked man must be hypocritical in proportion to his wickedness. Sin is ever cunning; wisdom alone is free.2. Craftiness is no security against ruin. Lies are the language of craftiness. One lie leads on to another,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:13

Proverbs 12:13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips.Lies, the snare that liars are caught inThe Supreme has set many snares, in the constitution of things, for the detection and punishment of evil-doers. The liar’s own tongue betrays him. In some of its movements, ere he is aware, it touches the spring which brings down the avenging stroke. It is instructive to read with this view the detailed account of a criminal trial. In the faltering and fall of a false witness you should... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 12:14

Proverbs 12:14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him. Obedience to God’s will and its fruitsWheresoever goodness is, whether it bridle our tongue, or guide our hand, or regulate our fancy, it carries its satisfaction, its recompense, along with it. Our songs of praise echo back again upon us; the works of our hands follow us, and fill us with joy; and our thoughts, if goodness raise them, are comforts.... read more

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