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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
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- Primary Witness Text: Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prud...
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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
Proverbs 8's personified Wisdom — present at creation, delighting before God — is cited by early Church Fathers as a window into the eternal Son. The book's practical ethics (sexual integrity, speech, work, generosity) embody a worldview in which creation's design is the source of moral instruction.
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Proverbs 12:1
Hebrew
אֹהֵב מוּסָר אֹהֵֽב דָּעַת וְשֹׂנֵא תוֹכַחַת בָּֽעַר׃'ohev-mvsar-'ohev-da'at-veshone'-tvokhachat-va'ar
KJV: Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
AKJV: Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish.
ASV: Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge;
YLT: Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.
Exposition: Proverbs 12:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:2
Hebrew
טוֹב יָפִיק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָה וְאִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃tvov-yafiyq-ratzvon-meyehvah-ve'iysh-mezimvot-yareshiy'a
KJV: A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
AKJV: A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
ASV: A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah;
YLT: The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
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Proverbs 12:2
Verse 2 A good man obtaineth favor - First, it is God who makes him good; for every child of Adam is bad till the grace of God changes his heart. Secondly, while he walks in the path of obedience he increases in goodness, and consequently in the favor of the Lord.
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- Lord
Exposition: Proverbs 12:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:3
Hebrew
לֹא־יִכּוֹן אָדָם בְּרֶשַׁע וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃lo'-yikhvon-'adam-veresha'-veshoresh-tzadiyqiym-val-yimvot
KJV: A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
AKJV: A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
ASV: A man shall not be established by wickedness;
YLT: A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
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Proverbs 12:3
Verse 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness - Evil is always variable: it has no fixed principle, except the root that is in the human heart; and even that is ever assuming new forms. Nothing is permanent but goodness; and that is unchangeable, because it comes from God. The produce of goodness is permanent, because it has God's blessing in it: the fruit of wickedness, or the property procured by wickedness, is transitory, because it has God's curse in it. The righteous has his root in God; and therefore he shall not be moved.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:4
Hebrew
אֵֽשֶׁת־חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ וּכְרָקָב בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו מְבִישָֽׁה׃'eshet-chayil-'ateret-va'elah-vkheraqav-ve'atzemvotayv-meviyshah
KJV: A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
AKJV: A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
ASV: A worthy woman is the crown of her husband;
YLT: A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.
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Verse 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband - אשת חיל esheth chayil, a strong woman. Our word virtue (virtus) is derived from vir, a man; and as man is the noblest of God's creatures, virtue expresses what is becoming to man; what is noble, courageous, and dignified: and as vir, a man, comes from vis, power or strength; so it implies what is strong and vigorous in principle: and as in uncivilized life strength and courage were considered the very highest, because apparently the most necessary, of all virtues; hence the term itself might have become the denomination of all excellent moral qualities; and is now applied to whatever constitutes the system of morality and moral duties. In some parts of the world, however, where arts and sciences have made little progress, strength is one of the first qualifications of a wife, where the labors of the field are appointed to them. It is not an uncommon sight in different parts of Africa, to see the wives (queens) of the kings and chiefs going out in the morning to the plantations, with their mattock in their hand, and their youngest child on their back; and when arrived at the ground, lay the young prince or princess upon the earth, which when weary of lying on one side, will roll itself on the other, and thus continue during the course of the day, without uttering a single whimper, except at the intervals in which its mother gives it suck; she being employed all the while in such labor as we in Europe generally assign to our horses. In these cases, the strong wife is the highest acquisition; and is a crown to her husband, though he be king of Bonny or Calabar. It is certain that in ancient times the women in Judea did some of the severest work in the fields, such as drawing water from the wells, and watering the flocks, etc. On this account, I think, the words may be taken literally; and especially when we add another consideration, that a woman healthy, and of good muscular powers, is the most likely to produce and properly rear up a healthy offspring; and children of this kind are a crown to their parents. Is as rottenness in his bones - Does not this refer to a woman irregular in her manners, who by her incontinence not only maketh her husband ashamed, but contracts and communicates such diseases as bring rottenness into the bones? I think so. And I think this was the view taken of the text by Coverdale, who translates thus: "A stedfast woman is a crowne unto her hussbonde: but she that behaveth herself unhonestly is a corruption in his bones."
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Proverbs 12:4
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:5
Hebrew
מַחְשְׁבוֹת צַדִּיקִים מִשְׁפָּט תַּחְבֻּלוֹת רְשָׁעִים מִרְמָֽה׃macheshevvot-tzadiyqiym-mishefat-tachevulvot-resha'iym-miremah
KJV: The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
AKJV: The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
ASV: The thoughts of the righteous are just;
YLT: The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 12:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 12:5
Proverbs 12:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:6
Hebrew
דִּבְרֵי רְשָׁעִים אֱרָב־דָּם וּפִי יְשָׁרִים יַצִּילֵֽם׃diverey-resha'iym-'erav-dam-vfiy-yeshariym-yatziylem
KJV: The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
AKJV: The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
ASV: The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood;
YLT: The words of the wicked are : `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 12:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 12:6
Proverbs 12:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 12:6
Exposition: Proverbs 12:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:7
Hebrew
הָפוֹךְ רְשָׁעִים וְאֵינָם וּבֵית צַדִּיקִים יַעֲמֹֽד׃hafvokhe-resha'iym-ve'eynam-vveyt-tzadiyqiym-ya'amod
KJV: The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
AKJV: The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
ASV: The wicked are overthrown, and are not;
YLT: Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.
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Proverbs 12:7
Verse 7 The wicked are overthrown - Seldom does God give such a long life or numerous offspring. But the house of the righteous shall stand - God blesses their progeny, and their families continue long in the earth; whereas the wicked seldom have many generations in a direct line. This is God's mercy, that the entail of iniquity may be in some sort cut off, so that the same vices may not be strengthened by successive generations. For generally the bad root produces not only a bad plant, but one worse than itself.
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Proverbs 12:7
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:8
Hebrew
לְֽפִי־שִׂכְלוֹ יְהֻלַּל־אִישׁ וְנַעֲוֵה־לֵב יִהְיֶה לָבֽוּז׃lefiy-shikhelvo-yehulal-'iysh-vena'aveh-lev-yiheyeh-lavvz
KJV: A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
AKJV: A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
ASV: A man shall be commended according to his wisdom;
YLT: According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 12:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 12:8
Proverbs 12:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:9
Hebrew
טוֹב נִקְלֶה וְעֶבֶד לוֹ מִמְּתַכַּבֵּד וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃tvov-niqeleh-ve'eved-lvo-mimetakhaved-vachasar-lachem
KJV: He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
AKJV: He that is despised, and has a servant, is better than he that honors himself, and lacks bread.
ASV: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,
YLT: Better is the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.
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Proverbs 12:9
Verse 9 He that is despised, and hath a servant - I believe the Vulgate gives the true sense of this verse: Melior est pauper, et sufficiens sibi; quam gloriosus, et indigens pane. "Better is the poor man who provides for himself, than the proud who is destitute of bread." The versions in general agree in this sense. This needs no comment. There are some who, through pride of birth, etc., would rather starve, than put their hands to menial labor. Though they may be lords, how much to be preferred is the simple peasant, who supports himself and family by the drudgery of life!
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- Ovid
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:10
Hebrew
יוֹדֵעַ צַדִּיק נֶפֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵי רְשָׁעִים אַכְזָרִֽי׃yvode'a-tzadiyq-nefesh-vehemetvo-verachamey-resha'iym-'akhezariy
KJV: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
AKJV: A righteous man regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
ASV: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast;
YLT: The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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Proverbs 12:10
Verse 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast - One principal characteristic of a holy man is mercy: cruelty is unknown to him; and his benevolence extends to the meanest of the brute creation. Pity rules the heart of a pious man; he can do nothing that is cruel. He considers what is best for the comfort, ease health, and life of the beast that serves him, and he knows that God himself careth for oxen: and one of the ten commandments provides a seventh part of time to be allotted for the rest of laboring beasts as well as for man. I once in my travels met with the Hebrew of this clause on the sign board of a public inn: יודע צדיק נפש בהמתו yodea tsaddik nephesh behemto. "A righteous man considereth the life of his beast;" which, being very appropriate, reminded me that I should feed my horse. The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel - אחזרי achzari, are violent, without mercy, ruthless. The wicked, influenced by Satan, can show no other disposition than what is in their master. If they appear at any time merciful, it is a cloak which they use to cover purposes of cruelty. To accomplish its end, iniquity will assume any garb, speak mercifully, extol benevolence, sometimes even give to the poor! But, timeo Danaos, et dona ferentes. The cry of fire at midnight, provided it be in another's dwelling, is more congenial to their souls than the; cry of mercy. Look at the human fiends, "out-heroding Herod," in horse races, bruising matches, and cock fights, and in wars for the extension of territory, and the purposes of ambition. The hell is yet undescribed, that is suited to such monsters in cruelty.
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- Ovid
- Satan
- But
- Danaos
- Herod
Exposition: Proverbs 12:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:11
Hebrew
עֹבֵד אַדְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָחֶם וּמְרַדֵּף רֵיקִים חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃'oved-'adematvo-yisheva'-lachem-vmeradef-reyqiym-chasar-lev
KJV: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
AKJV: He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding.
ASV: He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
YLT: Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
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Verse 11 He that tilleth his land - God's blessing will be in the labor of the honest agriculturist. But he that followeth vain persons - He who, while he should be cultivating his ground, preparing for a future crop, or reaping his harvest, associates with fowlers, coursers of hares, hunters of foxes, or those engaged in any champaign amusements, is void of understanding; and I have known several such come to beggary. To this verse the Septuagint add the following clause: 'ov estin en oinwn diatribaiv, en toiv eautou ocurwmasi kataleiqei atimian. "He who is a boon companion in banquets, shall leave dishonor in his own fortresses." This has been copied by the Vulgate and the Arabic. That is The man who frequents the ale-house enriches that, while he impoverishes his own habitation.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:12
Hebrew
חָמַד רָשָׁע מְצוֹד רָעִים וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים יִתֵּֽן׃chamad-rasha'-metzvod-ra'iym-veshoresh-tzadiyqiym-yiten
KJV: The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
AKJV: The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
ASV: The wicked desireth the net of evil men;
YLT: The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.
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Verse 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men - They applaud their ways, and are careful to imitate them in their wiles.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:13
Hebrew
בְּפֶשַׁע שְׂפָתַיִם מוֹקֵשׁ רָע וַיֵּצֵא מִצָּרָה צַדִּֽיק׃vefesha'-shefatayim-mvoqesh-ra'-vayetze'-mitzarah-tzadiyq
KJV: The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
AKJV: The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
ASV: In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man;
YLT: In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
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Verse 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips - A man who deals in lies and false oaths will sooner or later be found out to his own ruin. There is another proverb as true as this: A liar had need of a good memory; for as the truth is not in him, he says and unsays, and often contradicts himself.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:14
Hebrew
מִפְּרִי פִי־אִישׁ יִשְׂבַּע־טוֹב וּגְמוּל יְדֵי־אָדָם ישוב יָשִׁיב לֽוֹ׃miferiy-fiy-'iysh-yisheva'-tvov-vgemvl-yedey-'adam-yshvv-yashiyv-lvo
KJV: A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
AKJV: A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man’s hands shall be rendered to him.
ASV: A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth;
YLT: From the fruit of the mouth is one satisfied with good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.
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Proverbs 12:14 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:15
Hebrew
דֶּרֶךְ אֱוִיל יָשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו וְשֹׁמֵעַ לְעֵצָה חָכָֽם׃derekhe-'eviyl-yashar-ve'eynayv-veshome'a-le'etzah-chakham
KJV: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
AKJV: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that listens to counsel is wise.
ASV: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes;
YLT: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.
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Proverbs 12:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:16
Hebrew
אֱוִיל בַּיּוֹם יִוָּדַע כַּעְסוֹ וְכֹסֶה קָלוֹן עָרֽוּם׃'eviyl-vayvom-yivada'-kha'esvo-vekhoseh-qalvon-'arvm
KJV: A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
AKJV: A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covers shame.
ASV: A fool’s vexation is presently known;
YLT: The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.
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Verse 16 A fool's wrath is presently known - We have a proverb very like this, and it will serve for illustration: - A fool's bolt is soon shot. A weak-minded man has no self-government; he is easily angered, and generally speaks whatever comes first to his mind.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:17
Hebrew
יָפִיחַ אֱמוּנָה יַגִּיד צֶדֶק וְעֵד שְׁקָרִים מִרְמָֽה׃yafiycha-'emvnah-yagiyd-tzedeq-ve'ed-sheqariym-miremah
KJV: He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
AKJV: He that speaks truth shows forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
ASV: He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness;
YLT: Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness--deceit.
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Proverbs 12:17 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:18
Hebrew
יֵשׁ בּוֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְרוֹת חָרֶב וּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים מַרְפֵּֽא׃yesh-vvoteh-khemadeqervot-charev-vleshvon-chakhamiym-marefe'
KJV: There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
AKJV: There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
ASV: There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword;
YLT: A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
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Verse 18 There is that speaketh - Instead of בוטה boteh, blabbing out, blustering, several MSS. have בוטח boteach, Trusting: and instead of כמדקרות kemadkeroth, As the piercings, seven MSS., with the Complutensian Polyglot, have במדקרות bemadkeroth, In the piercings. "There is that trusteth in the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health." But I suppose the former to be the true reading.
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- Complutensian Polyglot
Exposition: Proverbs 12:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:19
Hebrew
שְֽׂפַת־אֱמֶת תִּכּוֹן לָעַד וְעַד־אַרְגִּיעָה לְשׁוֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃shefat-'emet-tikhvon-la'ad-ve'ad-'aregiy'ah-leshvon-shaqer
KJV: The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
AKJV: The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
ASV: The lip of truth shall be established for ever;
YLT: The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment--a tongue of falsehood.
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Verse 19 A lying tongue is but for a moment - Truth stands for ever; because its foundation is indestructible: but falsehood may soon be detected; and, though it gain credit for a while, it had that credit because it was supposed to be truth.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:20
Hebrew
מִרְמָה בְּלֶב־חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵי שָׁלוֹם שִׂמְחָֽה׃miremah-velev-choreshey-ra'-vleyo'atzey-shalvom-shimechah
KJV: Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
AKJV: Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
ASV: Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;
YLT: Deceit is in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace is joy.
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Proverbs 12:20 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:21
Hebrew
לֹא־יְאֻנֶּה לַצַּדִּיק כָּל־אָוֶן וּרְשָׁעִים מָלְאוּ רָֽע׃lo'-ye'uneh-latzadiyq-khal-'aven-vresha'iym-male'v-ra'
KJV: There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
AKJV: There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
ASV: There shall no mischief happen to the righteous;
YLT: No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.
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Verse 21 There shall no evil happen to the just - No, for all things work together for good to them that love God. Whatever occurs to a righteous man God turns to his advantage. But, on the other hand, the wicked are filled with mischief: they are hurt, grieved, and wounded, by every occurrence; and nothing turns to their profit.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:22
Hebrew
תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁקֶר וְעֹשֵׂי אֱמוּנָה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃tvo'avat-yehvah-shifetey-shaqer-ve'oshey-'emvnah-retzvonvo
KJV: Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
AKJV: Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
ASV: Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah;
YLT: An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.
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Proverbs 12:22 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:23
Hebrew
אָדָם עָרוּם כֹּסֶה דָּעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּֽלֶת׃'adam-'arvm-khoseh-da'at-velev-khesiyliym-yiqera'-'ivelet
KJV: A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
AKJV: A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
ASV: A prudent man concealeth knowledge;
YLT: A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.
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Verse 23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge - "If a fool hold his peace he may pass for a wise man." I have known men of some learning, so intent on immediately informing a company how well cultivated their minds were, that they have passed either for insignificant pedants or stupid asses.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:24
Hebrew
יַד־חָרוּצִים תִּמְשׁוֹל ורְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַֽס׃yad-charvtziym-timeshvol-vremiyah-tiheyeh-lamas
KJV: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
AKJV: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
ASV: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule;
YLT: The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.
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Verse 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule - And why? because by his own industry he is independent; and every such person is respected wherever found.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:25
Hebrew
דְּאָגָה בְלֶב־אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃de'agah-velev-'iysh-yashechenah-vedavar-tvov-yeshamechenah
KJV: Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
AKJV: Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.
ASV: Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop;
YLT: Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 12:25Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 12:25
Verse 25 Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop - Sorrow of heart, hopeless love, or a sense of God's displeasure - these prostrate the man, and he becomes a child before them. But a good word maketh it glad - A single good or favorable word will remove despondency; and that word, "Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee," will instantly remove despair.
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- Son
Exposition: Proverbs 12:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:26
Hebrew
יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ צַדִּיק וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּתְעֵֽם׃yater-mere'ehv-tzadiyq-vederekhe-resha'iym-tate'em
KJV: The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
AKJV: The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduces them.
ASV: The righteous is a guide to his neighbor;
YLT: The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 12:26Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 12:26
Proverbs 12:26 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 12:26
Exposition: Proverbs 12:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:27
Hebrew
לֹא־יַחֲרֹךְ רְמִיָּה צֵידוֹ וְהוֹן־אָדָם יָקָר חָרֽוּץ׃lo'-yacharokhe-remiyah-tzeydvo-vehvon-'adam-yaqar-charvtz
KJV: The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
AKJV: The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
ASV: The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting;
YLT: The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 12:27Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 12:27
Verse 27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting - Because he is a slothful man, he does not hunt for prey; therefore gets none, and cannot roast, that he may eat. There is some obscurity in the original on which the versions cast little light. Coverdale translates the whole verse thus: "A discreatfull man schal fynde no vauntage: but he that is content with what he hath, is more worth than golde." My old MS. Bible: The gylful man schal not fynd wynnynge: and the substance of a man schal ben the pris of gold. By translating hymr remiyah the deceitful, instead of the slothful man, which appears to be the genuine meaning of the word, we may obtain a good sense, as the Vulgate has done: "The deceitful man shall not find gain; but the substance of a (just) man shall be the price of gold." But our common version, allowing hymr remiyah to be translated fraudulent, which is its proper meaning, gives the best sense: "The fraudulent man roasteth not that which he took in hunting," the justice of God snatching from his mouth what he had acquired unrighteously. But the substance of a diligent man - One who by honest industry acquires all his property - is precious, because it has the blessing of God in it.
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- Vulgate
- Bible
Exposition: Proverbs 12:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 12:28
Hebrew
בְּאֹֽרַח־צְדָקָה חַיִּים וְדֶרֶךְ נְתִיבָה אַל־מָֽוֶת׃ve'orach-tzedaqah-chayiym-vederekhe-netiyvah-'al-mavet
KJV: In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
AKJV: In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
ASV: In the way of righteousness is life;
YLT: In the path of righteousness is life, And in the way of that path is no death!
Commentary WitnessProverbs 12:28Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 12:28
Verse 28 In the way of righteousness is life - חיים chaiyim, lives; life temporal, and life eternal. And in the pathway thereof there is no death - Not only do the general precepts and promises of God lead to life eternal, and promote life temporal; but every duty, every act of faith, patience of hope, and labor of love, though requiring much self-abasement, self-denial, and often an extension of corporal strength, all lead to life. For in every case, in every particular, "the path of duty is the way of safety." The latter clause is only a repetition of the sense of the former.
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Exposition: Proverbs 12:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Proverbs 12:1
- Proverbs 12:2
- Proverbs 12:3
- Proverbs 12:4
- Proverbs 12:5
- Proverbs 12:6
- Proverbs 12:7
- Proverbs 12:8
- Proverbs 12:9
- Proverbs 12:10
- Proverbs 12:11
- Proverbs 12:12
- Proverbs 12:13
- Proverbs 12:14
- Proverbs 12:15
- Proverbs 12:16
- Proverbs 12:17
- Proverbs 12:18
- Proverbs 12:19
- Proverbs 12:20
- Proverbs 12:21
- Proverbs 12:22
- Proverbs 12:23
- Proverbs 12:24
- Proverbs 12:25
- Proverbs 12:26
- Proverbs 12:27
- Proverbs 12:28
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- Secondly
- Lord
- Africa
- Calabar
- Coverdale
- Ovid
- Vulgate
- Satan
- But
- Danaos
- Herod
- Septuagint
- Arabic
- Trusting
- Complutensian Polyglot
- No
- Son
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Proverbs 12:1
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