George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 12:8
Learning. We apply to those things which we love, and those who study sacred (Calmet) or useful sciences, shall receive praise.
Learning. We apply to those things which we love, and those who study sacred (Calmet) or useful sciences, shall receive praise.
CHAPTER 12 THE CONTRAST IN RELATION TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS In these proverbs we have the righteous mentioned, his thoughts, his words, his domestic relationship, his attitude toward animal creation Pro...
PROVERBS 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution (Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7; Proverbs 12:14;...
SHALL BE COMMENDED. Illustration: Joseph (Genesis 41:39). WISDOM. Hebrew. _sakal._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. SHALL BE DESPISED. Illustrations: Hophni and Phinehas (1 Samuel 1:3;...
CHAPTER 12 TEXT Proverbs 12:1-9 1. Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2. A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will...
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. A MAN SHALL BE COMMENDED ACCORDING TO (LITERALLY, ACCORDING TO THE MOUTH OF: A HEBREW IDIOM F...
12:8 wisdom; (c-8) _ Sachal_ . see Note k, ch. 1.3....
4. A CROWN, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom (Song of Solomon 3:11; Song of Solomon 8:9). In Damascus the bridal crown consists of...
Some people praise wealthy people, or famous people. Other people follow kings and rulers. As Christians, we should respect wise people. A wise person, who serves God, deserves honour. V9 One man may...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction. Only a stupid person hates correction....
ACCORDING TO HIS WISDOM — _i.e.,_ intelligent observance of the ends to be pursued in life, and the best means of attaining to them; in other words, finding out the will of God and how to fulfil it....
לְֽ פִי ־שִׂ֭כְלֹו יְהֻלַּל ־אִ֑ישׁ וְ נַעֲוֵ
CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14 "In the transgression of the LIPS i...
Verse Proverbs 12:9. That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to minis...
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. T...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
A MAN SHALL BE COMMENDED ACCORDING TO HIS WISDOM,.... Not according to his birth and pedigree; not according to his riches and wealth; not according to the places of honour and trust he may be in; but...
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. Ver. 8. _A man shall be commended according to his wisdom._] And all wisdom consists in this, _...
_A man shall be commended_ Namely, by wise and good men; _according to his wisdom_ More or less, according to the degree of wisdom, which his discourses and actions discover to be in him; _but he that...
V. 8. A MAN SHALL BE COMMENDED ACCORDING TO (literally, "in the presence of") HIS WISDOM, in proportion to the insight he shows in all matters of life; BUT HE THAT IS OF A PERVERSE HEART SHALL BE DESP...
OF A PERVERSE HEART: _ Heb._ perverse of heart...
A MAN SHALL BE COMMENDED, to wit, by wise and good men, according to his wisdom; more or less according to the degree of wisdom which his discourses and actions discover to be in him. HE THAT IS OF A...
Proverbs 12:8 man H376 commended H1984 (H8792) according H6310 wisdom H7922 perverse H5753 (H8737) heart H3820 desp
A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS, THE BASIS OF THE RIGHTEOUS FAMILY, AND THE DESTINY OF EACH (PROVERBS 12:1). We have here another subsection in which the various attributes of t...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: In the life of the righteous, there is all true comfort and satisfaction and at the end of life there is eternal joy. The m...
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...
_A man shall be commended according to his wisdom._ APPRECIATION BETTER THAN PRAISE There are persons in this world--and the pity is that there are not more of them--who care less for praise than for...
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...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 12:1 INSTRUCTION; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive _knowledge, _especially the knowledge o...
Whoso 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...
1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 16:18;...