Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Proverbs 12:3
man. Hebrew. adam. App-14.
wickedness. lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha'.
the righteous. righteous ones.
man. Hebrew. adam. App-14.
wickedness. lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha'.
the righteous. righteous ones.
Verse Proverbs 12:3. _A MAN SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED BY WICKEDNESS_] Evil is always variable: it has no _fixed principle_, except the _root_ that is in the human heart; and even that is ever assuming...
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;...
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...
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. A MAN SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED BY WICKEDNESS. Though for a time here on earth he may, by fraud or by...
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...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction. Only a stupid person hates correction....
This verse is not about the strength of a man’s body. It is about our whole lives. The good man has a strong belief in God. The good man uses his knowledge to make decisions. His emotions do not contr...
לֹא ־יִכֹּ֣ון אָדָ֣ם בְּ רֶ֑שַׁע וְ שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ
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...
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the (a) root of the righteous shall not be moved. (a) They are so grounded in the favour of God, that their root will prosper continually....
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...
A MAN SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED BY WICKEDNESS,.... Not any man, though he may be established in his wickedness, so as not to be rooted out of it; yet he cannot be so established by it as not to be remo...
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. Ver. 3. _A man shall not be established by wickedness._] For he lays his foundation upon firework, and...
_A man shall not be established by wickedness_ By any sinful course, however craftily devised, and apparently well calculated to answer that end. For the power and prosperity which are raised by sin a...
V. 3. A MAN SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED BY WICKEDNESS, the prosperity of such a one will not be lasting, nor will it give him true happiness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved; as their fa...
BY WICKEDNESS; by any sinful courses by which he useth to secure or stablish himself; whereby he implies that he shall be rooted up. SHALL NOT BE MOVED, to wit, out of its place. He shall stand fast,...
Proverbs 12:3 man H120 established H3559 (H8735) wickedness H7562 root H8328 righteous H6662 moved H4131 (H8735)
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 12:1 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...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:3_ A RIGHT DESIRE AND THE MEANS OF ITS ATTAINMENT I. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DESIRE IN MEN FOR ESTABLISHMENT—FOR FIXEDNESS. 1. _It is a good and God-given aspiration,...
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 Samuel 25:33; Colossians 2:7; Ephesians 3:17; Job 15:29; Job 20:5;...