Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Proverbs 16:12
Verse Proverbs 16:12. It is an abomination to kings, c.] In all these verses the wise man refers to monarchical government rightly administered. And the proverbs on this subject are all plain.
Verse Proverbs 16:12. It is an abomination to kings, c.] In all these verses the wise man refers to monarchical government rightly administered. And the proverbs on this subject are all plain.
CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs 16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....
TEXT Proverbs 16:12-22 12. It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness. 13. Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that...
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. (IT IS) AN ABOMINATION TO KINGS TO COMMIT WICKEDNESS - namely, to such kings as desire to do the...
1-9. God's control of human life....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s, the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil action...
If a king is evil, his nation will suffer. A king should not behave in an evil way. A good king wants his people to do good things. He encourages the people to be honest. He makes fair laws. Then the...
IT IS AN ABOMINATION TO KINGS.... — This and the following verse are, like Proverbs 16:10, descriptive of the ideal king who, above all things, loves truth and justice. Psalms 72 works out the thought...
תֹּועֲבַ֣ת מְ֭לָכִים עֲשֹׂ֣ות רֶ֑שַׁע כִּ֥י בִ֝...
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth...
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is H...
Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
[It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established (g) by righteousness. (g) They are appointed by God to rule according to equity and justice....
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth trans...
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...
[IT IS] AN ABOMINATION TO KINGS TO COMMIT WICKEDNESS,.... The Targum is, "the abomination of kings are they that work wickedness.'' It should be an abomination to kings to commit wickedness themselv...
Proverbs 16:12 [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. Ver. 12. _It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness._] It is so for any...
_It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness_ They should not only abstain from all wicked practices, but abhor them, both in their own persons, and in all their servants and subjects. It is to...
V. 12. IT IS AN ABOMINATION TO KINGS, it makes them objects of loathing and contempt, TO COMMIT WICKEDNESS, the setting aside of right and justice causes both God and men to despise them; FOR THE THRO...
IT IS AN ABOMINATION TO KINGS TO COMMIT WICKEDNESS; they should not only abstain from all wicked practices, but abhor them both in their own persons, and in all their servants and subjects. It is too...
Proverbs 16:12 abomination H8441 kings H4428 commit H6213 (H8800) wickedness H7562 throne H3678 established H3559 ...
THE RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY OF A KING (PROVERBS 16:12). It is no coincidence that this subsection with its fourfold mention of the king comes after a series of subsections in which YHWH and His j...
YHWH IS CONCERNED ABOUT INJUSTICE WHETHER AT THE HANDS OF THE KING OR OF MEN (PROVERBS 16:8). In this subsection men are urged to act justly and rightly in their business dealings, and kings are urged...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in it....
Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
_For the throne is estaabished by righteousness._ RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES THE BEST SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT I. Righteousness most effectually answers the end and design of government. Religion consists in...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch. Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of the heart (vv....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 16:10. A DIVINE SENTENCE, literally _“divination,” i.e., “an oracle_” or “_a decision_.” “HIS MOUTH TRANSGRESSETH NOT.” Stuart and Delitzsch read, “_In judgment his mouth sh...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 16:1 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. PROVERBS 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any contrast or a...
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin our study this evening. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1). Go...
Deuteronomy 25:16; Luke 12:48; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 25:5;...