Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. A GOOD MAN OBTAINETH FAVOUR OF THE LORD - literally, 'draws forth good will.' On the verb cf. note, . BUT A MAN OF WICKED DEVICES WILL HE CONDEMN. Not only a man of wicked deeds and words, but also a man of wicked thoughts....

Verse Proverbs 12:2. _A GOOD_ MAN _OBTAINETH FAVOUR_] First, it is God who makes him _good_; for every child of Adam is _bad_ till the grace of God changes his heart. Secondly, while he walks in the path of obedience he increases in _goodness_, and consequently in the _favour_ _of the Lord_....

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 of himself and of all moral obligations. IS BRUTISH; is as insensible to higher aspirations, to regret for the past or hope of amendment, as a brute beast (comp. Proverbs 30:2). On this point St. Augustine is quoted: "Quicumque corripi non vis, ex eo sane corripiendus es quia corripi non vis. Non vis enim tua tibi vitia demonstrari; non vis ut feriantur, fiatque tibi utilis dolor, quo medicum quaeras; non vis tibi tu ipse ostendi, ut cum deformem te vides, reformaturum desideres, eique supplices ne in illa remaneas foeditate

A GOOD [MAN] OBTAINETH FAVOUR OF THE LORD,.... One that is made so by the grace of God, for no man is so naturally; there is none good, nor does good, no, not one, until some good thing is put into him, or the good work of grace is begun in him. And such a man obtains favour or good will from the Lord; that is, as Gersom explains it, what he himself wills, for the will of God is his will; or rather the good will of God, his grace, and layout; fresh manifestations and discoveries of which he obtains and enjoys, not by merit, through any goodness of his own, or by means of his obedience but he draws it out, as the word l signifies, as out of a fountain, by prayer and supplication, and by fresh repeated acts of faith upon it; which may be said to be ad and enjoyed, when it is remembered to him, he is encompassed with it, or it is shed abroad in his heart, or his heart is directed into it; a...

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 Proverbs 12:10); his diligence; all is contrasted with the wicked in these beautiful antithetic expressions of wisdom. The thoughts of the righteous are right Proverbs 12:5), because his heart is right; his words bring deliverance Proverbs 12:6); in speaking truth he showeth forth righteousness Proverbs 12:17); his tongue is health Proverbs 12:1

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 (Proverbs 12:6; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 12:16;...

THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14, WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. WILL HE CONDEMN: or will pronounce him guilty, as Job 40:8....

_obtaineth_ See Proverbs 3:13, note. Comp. Proverbs 8:35....

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 he condemn. 3. A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4. A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 5. The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 6. The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 7. The wicked are overcome, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand. 8. A man shall be commended according to his wisdom;...

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 a silver hoop covered with a network of strings of corals. On this net are fastened strings of gold coins....