What does Proverbs 12:11 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding."
Verse Proverbs 12:11. _HE THAT TILLETH HIS LAND_] God's blessing will be in the labour of the honest agriculturist. _BUT HE THAT FOLLOWETH VAIN PERSONS_] He who, while he should be cultivating his gr...
The contrast is carried on between the life of industry and that of the idle, “vain person” of the “baser sort” (the “Raca” of Matthew 5:22). We might have expected that the second clause would have e...
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; Proverbs 12:21; Proverbs 12:28). Several deal with speech...
SHALL BE SATISFIED. Illustrations: Isaac (Genesis 26:12); Jacob (Genesis 31:40; Genesis 32:10). HE THAT FOLLOWETH, &C. Illustrations: Abimelech's followers (Judges 9. Compare Proverbs 24:21); Theudas...
_vain_persons] We may either supply _persons_, with A.V. and R.V. text: or _things_, with R.V. marg. and LXX. μάταια, Vulg. _sectatur otium_, and in accordance with the usage of this Book in following...
HE THAT TILLETH, &C.— The LXX add to this verse, _He that taketh a pleasure in taverns, shall leave disgrace in his own fortresses._...
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...
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. HE THAT TILLETH HIS LAND SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH BREAD. The occupation must be...
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. V2 God is kind to a good man. God punishes...
VAIN PERSONS. — Or, _things,_ such as “searching for hid treasures” (Proverbs 2:4)....
עֹבֵ֣ד אַ֭דְמָתֹו יִֽשְׂבַּֽע ־לָ֑חֶם וּ מְרַדֵּ֖ף רֵיקִ֣ים חֲסַר ־לֵֽב׃...
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...
_Idleness. Hebrew, "the idle." Their company is seducing. --- He that, &c. This occurs in the Septuagint, but not in the Hebrew or the new edition of St. Jerome. (Calmet) --- Wine. Or "in taverns." --...
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 follow...
HE THAT TILLETH HIS LAND SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH BREAD,.... This was man's work in innocence; this he was doomed to do with the sweat of his brow after his fall; every man has his land to till, or som...
_He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding._ Ver. 11. _He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied, &c._] This is true of a...
_He that tilleth his land_ That employeth his time and strength in an honest calling; _shall be satisfied with bread_ Shall, through the blessing of God, have food convenient for himself and his famil...
V. 11. HE THAT TILLETH HIS LAND SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH BREAD, his industry ordinarily being rewarded in this manner; BUT HE THAT FOLLOWETH VAIN PERSONS, vanity, idleness, laziness, IS VOID OF UNDERST...
THAT TILLETH HIS LAND; that employeth his time and strength in an honest calling. THAT FOLLOWETH VAIN PERSONS; that useth their society and idle course of living. IS VOID OF UNDERSTANDING; shall throu...
Proverbs 12:11 tills H5647 (H8802) land H127 satisfied H7646 (H8799) bread H3899 follows H7291 (H8764) frivolity H7386 devoid H2638 understanding H3820 tilleth - Proverbs 13:23, Proverbs 14:4, Prover...
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...
_He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread._ THE LAW OF LABOUR It is no mercy to be freed from the law of labour. Nor is it God that frees a man from that law. Among the opulent there ar...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:9 These sayings about ordinary workers illustrate either the “good sense” or the “twisted mind” of v. Proverbs 12:8. LACK BREAD is paralleled by LACKS SENSE. The RIGHTEOUS...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 12:11. VAIN PERSONS, or “vanity,” “emptiness.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:11_ SATISFACTION FROM TILLAGE I. SATISFACTION AS THE RESULT OF TILLAGE DEPENDS— 1. _Upon th...
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 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; 2 Thessalonians 3:8; Ephesians 4:28; Genesis 3:19; Jonah 2:8; Judges 9:4; Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 13:20;...
Tilleth — That employs his time in an honest calling. Vain persons — In an idle course of living....