Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 12:6
Lie in wait — Are designed to entrap others, and to destroy them. Deliver them — From those that lie in wait for them.
Lie in wait — Are designed to entrap others, and to destroy them. Deliver them — From those that lie in wait for them.
SHALL DELIVER THEM - i. e., The righteous themselves....
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;...
WORDS. Hebrew. _dabar._ App-73. THE UPRIGHT. upright ones....
_to lie in wait_ So R.V. marg., _a lying in wait_; but R.V. text, _of lying in wait_, comp. Proverbs 1:11. _them_ This may mean either the righteous themselves, or those for whose blood the wicked li...
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 words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. THE WORDS OF THE WICKED ARE TO LIE IN WAIT FOR BLOOD - (; .) BUT THE MOUTH OF THE UPRIGHT SH...
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...
Their very words are an ambush, meant to cause destruction....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction. Only a stupid person hates correction....
The evil man is like a hunter. His plans are like a hunter’s traps. The evil man wants to steal from other people. He even wants to kill them. A simple person is in danger. If someone does not know a...
THE WORDS OF THE WICKED ARE TO LIE IN WAIT FOR BLOOD — _i.e.,_ are calculated for this end. THE MOUTH OF THE UPRIGHT SHALL DELIVER THEM — _i.e.,_ those for whom the wicked lie in wait....
דִּבְרֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֱרָב ־דָּ֑ם וּ פִ֥י יְ֝
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...
The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall (b) deliver them. (b) As their conscience is upright, so will they be able to speak for themselves against t...
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 WORDS OF THE WICKED [ARE] TO LIE IN WAIT FOR BLOOD,.... Which some understand of perjury and false witness, as Jarchi, whereby the lives of innocent persons are taken away: or it may be interprete...
The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. Ver. 6. _The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood._] As they think not, so neither...
_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. 6. THE WORDS OF THE WICKED ARE TO LIE IN WAIT FOR BLOOD, they intend malice and violence, their thoughts find expression in bloodthirsty and murderous ways; BUT THE MOUTH OF THE UPRIGHT SHALL DELIV...
ARE TO LIE IN WAIT FOR BLOOD; are designed and ordered to entrap or deceive others, and to destroy them. SHALL DELIVER THEM, to wit, from those that lie in wait for them; which it doth, either, 1. By...
Proverbs 12:6 words H1697 wicked H7563 wait H693 (H8800) blood H1818 mouth H6310 upright H3477 deliver H5337 ...
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...
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 17:1; Acts 23:12; Acts 23:15; Acts 25:3; Esther 4:7;...