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Proverbs 12:13
An evil man’s words are like a hunter’s trap. He is like a stupid hunter who falls into his own trap.
An evil man’s words are like a hunter’s trap. He is like a stupid hunter who falls into his own trap.
Verse Proverbs 12:13. _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 prover...
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;...
THE WICKED. an evil man. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ Same word as "evil" in Proverbs 12:12. TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44. LIPS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoke...
_The wicked is snared_ Rather: IN THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LIPS IS A SNARE TO THE EVIL MAN, R.V. text; comp. A.V. marg., and for the sentiment, Proverbs 18:7. This is preferable to the rendering of...
THE WICKED IS SNARED BY THE TRANSGRESSION OF HIS _LIPS_— i.e. A wicked man is himself ensnared by his prevarications....
TEXT Proverbs 12:10-19 10. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 11. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that f...
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. THE WICKED IS SNARED BY THE TRANSGRESSION OF (HIS) LIPS. The wicked thought to injure others by his 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...
THE WICKED IS CURSED BY THE TRANSGRESSION OF HIS LIPS. — For his words, the product of his evil heart, while designed to injure others, often bring the offender himself into trouble (Psalms 7:16), and...
בְּ פֶ֣שַׁע שְׂ֭פָתַיִם מֹוקֵ֣שׁ רָ֑ע וַ יֵּצ
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...
_Lips. Liars often become the victims of their own deceit._...
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 u...
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 IS SNARED BY THE TRANSGRESSION OF [HIS] LIPS,.... A wicked man often brings himself into trouble by giving his tongue too great a liberty, and by making free with the characters of others;...
The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. Ver. 13. _The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips._] His heart is oft so full of venom t...
_The wicked is snared_ Brought into trouble; _by the transgression of his lips_ By his wicked speeches against God and men; _but the just shall come out of trouble_ Namely, by his wise, and holy, and...
V. 13. THE WICKED IS SNARED BY THE TRANSGRESSION OF HIS LIPS, his own speeches prove a dangerous snare to him, so that he is overthrown; BUT THE JUST SHALL COME OUT OF TROUBLE, escaping from the net w...
THE WICKED IS SNARED BY THE TRANSGRESSION OF THEIR LIPS: _ Heb._ The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips...
THE WICKED IS SNARED, i.e. brought into trouble, BY THE TRANSGRESSION OF HIS LIPS, by his wicked speeches against God and men. The just shall come out of trouble, to wit, by his wise, and holy, and in...
Proverbs 12:13 wicked H7451 ensnared H4170 transgression H6588 lips H8193 righteous H6662 through H3318 (H8799) trouble...
THE RIGHTEOUS ARE COMPASSIONATE AND HARD WORKING AND WILL PROSPER, WHILE THE UNRIGHTEOUS ARE LACKING IN COMPASSION AND SLOTHFUL AND WILL SUFFER LACK AND BE PUNISHED (PROVERBS 12:9). The first three ve...
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...
_The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips._ LIES, THE SNARE THAT LIARS ARE CAUGHT IN The Supreme has set many snares, in the constitution of things, for the detection and punishment of e...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:12 One who COVETS illegitimate SPOIL will be trapped by his own TRANSGRESSION. In contrast, the labor of the righteous
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 12:12. NET. Delitzsch, Zockler, and Miller translate this word “spoil” or “prey.” The Hebrew word means also a “fortress.” Maurer, therefore, translates it “defence,” and un...
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 Kings 2:23; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Samuel 4:9; Daniel 6:24; Ecclesiastes 7:18