Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 12:7
Are not; both they and their families shall suddenly perish. The house; the family or posterity.
Are not; both they and their families shall suddenly perish. The house; the family or posterity.
Verse Proverbs 12:7. _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 fam...
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;...
OVERTHROWN. Compare Genesis 19:21; Genesis 19:25; Genesis 19:29. 2Sa 10:3. 1 Chronicles 19:3, &c. AND ARE NOT. there
_the wicked are overthrown_ Lit. TO OVERTHROW THE WICKED! It is only to overthrow them, and they cease to exist; they have no stay, no power of recovery in them. Comp. Proverbs 10:25; Psalms 37:9-10;...
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...
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. THE WICKED ARE OVERTHROWN (HEBREW, INFINITIVE FOR THE INDICATIVE PRESENT), AND ARE NOT - (.) BUT THE HOUSE OF T...
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...
This reminds us of verse 3. An evil man is never strong. When the evil man is in trouble, he may lose everything. He will not ask God to help him. His life is in danger. A good man is never weak. Ver...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction. Only a stupid person hates correction....
THE WICKED ARE OVERTHROWN. — By the righteous judgments of God (Psalms 37:35), or by the storms of temptation and trouble, which, when they come, overwhelm the house built on the sand of earthly hopes...
הָפֹ֣וךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים וְ אֵינָ֑ם וּ בֵ֖ית צַדִּ
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...
_Turn. In a moment the wicked is not to be found, chap. x. 25., and Psalm xxxvi. 35._...
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...
THE WICKED ARE OVERTHROWN, AND [ARE] NOT,.... With such an overthrow as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. The kingdom of the beast shall not only be full of darkness, as at the pouring of the fifth vi...
The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. Ver. 7. _The wicked are overthrown, and are not._] Say that the righteous cannot prevail by their apologies for t...
_The thoughts of the righteous are right_ His constant purpose is to be upright before God, and just and true in all his dealings with men. _But the counsels of the wicked are deceit_ His great care a...
V. 7. THE WICKED ARE OVERTHROWN AND ARE NOT, they come to an end like the ungodly inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah; BUT THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL STAND, sustained in the midst of all storms by...
Proverbs 12:7 wicked H7563 overthrown H2015 (H8800) house H1004 righteous H6662 stand H5975 (H8799) wicked -...
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...
_But the house of the righteous shall stand._ VIRTUOUS KINDRED I. In the first place, the circumstance of belonging to the house of the righteous, is a great security that the early principles which...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:5 These three proverbs are united by the word pairs RIGHTEOUS/WICKED, WICKED/UPRIGHT, and...
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...
2 Samuel 7:16; 2 Samuel 7:26; Esther 9:14; Esther 9:6; Job 11:20;...
Are not — Both they and their families suddenly perish....