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CHAPTER XII
_Of the benefit of instruction, and the cultivation of piety._
_The virtuous woman. The different lot of the just and unjust._
_The humane man. The industrious man. The fool and the wis...
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BRUTISH - Dumb as a brute beast. The difference between man and brute
lies chiefly in the capacity of the former for progress and
improvement, and that capacity depends upon his willingness to submit...
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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...
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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;...
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INSTRUCTION. discipline, or correction....
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_instruction_ or, _correction_, R.V. text. See Proverbs 1:2, note....
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WHOSO LOVETH INSTRUCTION— Or, according to others, _correction,_ or
_reproof._ It is well observed, that if a man cannot endure to be told
of his faults, it is a shrewd sign that he is in the way to b...
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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...
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
is brutish.
WHOSO LOVETH INSTRUCTION (HEBREW, DISCIPLINARY INSTRUCTION) LOVETH
KNOWLEDGE: BUT HE THAT HATETH REPROOF IS BRUTISH...
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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...
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We can benefit when someone shows our mistakes to us. When we see our
mistakes, we can learn to do better. Nobody is perfect. Everybody has
something to learn.
Many people fear correction. They do no...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 12
V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction.
Only a stupid person hates correction....
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XII.
(1) WHOSO LOVETH INSTRUCTION LOVETH KNOWLEDGE. — Rather, _he that
loveth knowledge loveth discipline, i.e.,_ to put himself in the place
of a learner; while “he that hateth reproof,” who will no...
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אֹהֵ֣ב מ֖וּסָר אֹ֣הֵֽב דָּ֑עַת וְ
שֹׂנֵ֖א תֹו
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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...
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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...
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_Knowledge. It is a great kindness to shew us our faults. But God's
grace is necessary to make us reap benefit from correction, (Calmet)
as self-love recoils at it._...
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
is brutish. A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of
wicked devices will he condemn.
Is it not Christ here spoken of,...
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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...
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WHOSE LOVETH INSTRUCTION LOVETH KNOWLEDGE,.... That loves the
instruction of Wisdom, or Christ, Proverbs 4:13; the means of
instruction, the Scriptures, which are profitable for instruction in
righteo...
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
[is] brutish.
Ver. 1. _Whoso loveth instruction, loveth knowledge._] Here is
showed, that adversity is the best university, saith...
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_Whose loveth instruction_ Admonition, or reproof, (as appears from
the next clause,) which is a singular means of gaining true wisdom;
_loveth knowledge_ Shows that he is a true lover of it, because...
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V. 1. WHOSO LOVETH INSTRUCTION, including all moral training, LOVETH
KNOWLEDGE, for that is the fruit of such training; BUT HE THAT HATETH
REPROOF IS BRUTISH, for in resenting correction a person plac...
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PROVERBS CHAPTER 12 INSTRUCTION; admonition or reproof, as appears
from the next clause, which is a singular means of getting true and
sound knowledge. LOVETH KNOWLEDGE; showeth that he is a true love...
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Proverbs 12:1 loves H157 (H8802) instruction H4148 loves H157 (H8802)
knowledge H1847 hates H8130 (H8802) correction
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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...
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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...
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_Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
is brutish._
WORTHLESS AND ATTENTIVE HEARERS
Attention to the precepts and wise counsels of this book is urged by--
1. The adv...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:1 These verses begin by encouraging the
reader to be one who LOVES DISCIPLINE and not one who HATES REPROOF or
moral correction. Such an attitude produces a life that...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 12:1. INSTRUCTION, “discipline” or “disciplinary
instruction.”
PROVERBS 12:2. OBTAINETH, literally “draws out.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:1_
THE LOVE OF KNOWLE
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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...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 2:10; Isaiah 1:3; Proverbs 18:1; Proverbs 2:10;...