The wicked desireth the net of evil men — i.e., to enrich himself by prey as they do; but the “root of the righteous yieldeth fruit,” by their own exertion they gain all they require without injuring others.
Verse Proverbs 12:12. _THE WICKED DESIRETH THE NET OF EVIL_ MEN] They applaud their ways, and are careful to imitate them in their wiles....
The meaning seems to be: The “net of evil men” (compare Proverbs 1:17) is that in which they are taken, the judgment of God in which they are ensnared. This they run into with such a blind infatuation...
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. a lawless one. THE NET. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is caught in it. OF EVIL MEN: i.e. which evil men use. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a._ App-44: not the same...
_net_ This rendering, which is retained in R.V. text, and on which the rendering _prey_, R.V. marg., is only a gloss (prey=net, for what it catches), gives a good and forcible antithesis to the prover...
THE WICKED DESIRETH, &C.— _The wicked earnestly desireth the hunting of evil._ Schultens. Houbigant reads it very differently, _A tempest shall shake the device of the wicked: the root of the just sha...
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 desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. THE WICKED DESIRETH THE NET OF EVIL (MEN): BUT THE ROOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS YIELDETH (FRUIT). The wicked man (Hebre...
12:12 net (d-5) Or 'prey,' 'gain,' Ecclesiastes 7:26 ....
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...
Read, 'Wickedness is the net of evil men.' Their ovm badness entraps them....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction. Only a stupid person hates correction....
Different people have different ideas about work. Some people work with their hands. Managers use their intelligence as they work. An evil person thinks that he is working. He uses his hands to steal...
חָמַ֣ד רָ֭שָׁע מְצֹ֣וד רָעִ֑ים וְ שֹׁ֖רֶשׁ צַ
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 wicked desireth the (e) net of evil [men]: but the (f) root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit]. (e) Continually imagines ways to harm others. (f) Meaning, their heart within, which is upright, an...
_Men. They wish to supplant one another._...
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 DESIRETH THE NET OF EVIL [MEN],.... To be master of all the wicked arts and methods evil men use to ensnare and oppress others; to get them and their substance into their hands; or "desiret...
The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit]. Ver. 12. _The wicked desireth the net of evil men,_] _i.e., _ He so furiously pursueth his lusts, as if he d...
_The wicked desireth the net of evil men_ He approves and uses those cunning and deceitful arts which evil men employ, like nets, to insnare others, and to take their goods to themselves. The word מצו...
V. 12. THE WICKED DESIRETH THE NET OF EVIL MEN, rather, the spoil, that which is taken in the net; that is, one wicked person tries to deprive the other of his ill-gotten gains, their selfishness caus...
THE NET: Or, the fortress...
THE WICKED DESIRETH THE NET OF EVIL MEN; he approveth and useth those cunning and deceitful arts, which wicked men use like nets to insnare other men, and to take their goods to themselves. Or, _he de...
Proverbs 12:12 wicked H7563 covet H2530 (H8804) catch H4685 evil H7451 root H8328 righteous H6662 yields H5414
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 desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit._ THE CRAFTY AND THE HONEST I. Craftiness. 1. Craft is an instinct of wickedness: No true Christian is a hypoc...
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...
Habakkuk 1:15; Isaiah 27:6; Isaiah 37:31; Jeremiah 17:7; Jeremiah 17
Desireth — He approves those arts, which wicked men use like nets to ensnare other men. The root — That piety, which is the root of his actions, yields him sufficient fruit both for his own need, and...