Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 11:12
None but the man “void of wisdom” will show contempt for those about him. The wise man, if he cannot admire or praise, will at least know how to be silent.
None but the man “void of wisdom” will show contempt for those about him. The wise man, if he cannot admire or praise, will at least know how to be silent.
Verse Proverbs 11:12. _HE THAT IS VOID OF WISDOM_] A foolish man is generally abundant in his censures; he dwells on the _defects_ of his neighbour, and is sure to bring them into the most prominent v...
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
WISDOM. Hebrew "heart", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for sense. DESPISETH. reproacheth: in contrast with the next line. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
_despiseth_ i.e. shews his contempt openly, makes no effort to conceal it (μυκτηρίζει, LXX.), and so contrasts with the man of "wisdom" (heart, Heb.), who, whatever he thinks, keeps his thoughts to hi...
TEXT Proverbs 11:12-21 12. He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; But he that...
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. HE THAT IS VOID OF WISDOM (HEBREW, HEART) DESPISETH HIS NEIGHBOUR: BUT A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING HOLDET...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be committed,...
11:12 heart; (e-9) Or 'sense.'...
Disparaging remarks concerning neighbours are foolish....
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
Words are powerful. It is better to say nothing, than to speak evil words....
בָּז ־לְ רֵעֵ֥הוּ חֲסַר ־לֵ֑ב וְ אִ֖ישׁ
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination of t...
Verse Proverbs 11:7. The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side of...
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding (f) holdeth his peace. (f) Will not make light report of others....
_Mean. Literally, "indigent" of sense. (Haydock) --- We must put up with some faults, as none are without. (Horace i. Sat. 3.) (Calmet)_...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. When it goeth we...
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...
HE THAT IS VOID OF WISDOM DESPISETH HIS NEIGHBOUR,.... Not only in his heart, but by giving him opprobrious language; he speaks contemptibly of him, either because he thinks he is wiser than his neigh...
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. Ver. 12. _He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour._] Not remembering that he is his neighbou...
_He that is void of wisdom_ Of knowledge, prudence, and grace; _despiseth his neighbour_ Which he shows by contemptuous or reproachful expressions; _but a man of understanding holdeth his peace_ Forbe...
V. 12. HE THAT IS VOID OF WISDOM DESPISETH HIS NEIGHBOR, that is, he who mocks his neighbor lacks in heart and mind; BUT A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING HOLDETH HIS PEACE, withholding his judgment, guarding ag...
VOID OF WISDOM: _ Heb._ destitute of heart...
10-31 This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband's esteem and affec...
DESPISETH HIS NEIGHBOUR; which contempt he showeth, either, 1. By contemptuous or reproachful expressions of him; or, 2. By not asking or not regarding his advice, but trusting wholly to his own und...
Proverbs 11:12 devoid H2638 wisdom H3820 despises H936 (H8802) neighbor H7453 man H376 understanding H8394 peace H279
NEIGHBOURS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS (PROVERBS 11:8). Solomon now deals with contrasts between the righteous and the wicked with regard to their neighbours and fellow-citizens. The first two verses in the s...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
Proverbs 11:1. _A false balance is an abomination to the Lord._ A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand tim...
_He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour._ TYPES OF CHARACTER IN SOCIAL LIFE Four distinct types of character. I. The insolent. Men destitute of all true respect for their fellows. They a...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:12 A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING REMAINS SILENT rather than spreading harmful information that he knows about HIS NEIGHBOR....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 11:12. VOID OF WISDOM, literally, “of heart.” Zöckler inverts the phrase, “He that speaks contemptuously of his neighbour lacketh wisdom.” PROVERBS 11:13. “He who goeth abo...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
1 Peter 2:23; 1 Samuel 10:27; 2 Kings 18:36; John 7:48; Judges 9:27;
Despiseth — Which he shews by contemptuous or reproachful expressions. Holdeth peace — Forbears all such expressions, and silently and patiently bears those reproaches....