Proverbs 12:24
What meaning of the proverbs 12:24 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 12:24 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothfuld shall be under tribute."
What does Proverbs 12:24 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothfuld shall be under tribute."
Verse Proverbs 12:24. _THE HAND OF THE DILIGENT SHALL BEAR RULE_] And why? because by his _own industry_ he is _independent_; and every such person is respected wherever found....
UNDER TRIBUTE - The comparison is probably suggested by the contrast between the condition of a conquered race (compare Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:30), and that of the freedom of their conquerors from suc...
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...
_the slothful_ Lit. _sloth_. See Proverbs 10:4. Comp. Proverbs 13:1-2. _shall be under tribute_ Rather, SHALL COME, or BE PUT, UNDER TASK-WORK, i.e. servile or enforced labour. The phrase occurs frequ...
TEXT Proverbs 12:20-28 20. Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy. 21. There shall be no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall b...
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. THE HAND OF THE DILIGENT SHALL BEAR RULE: BUT THE SLOTHFUL SHALL BE UNDER TRIBUTE. Diligence shall secure the rul...
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...
UNDER TRIBUTE. — Like the descendants of the Amorites and other former inhabitants of Canaan, by whose forced labour Solomon executed his great works (1 Kings 9:20). A Hebrew from poverty might be red...
יַד ־חָרוּצִ֥ים תִּמְשֹׁ֑ול וּ֝ רְמִיָּ֗ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה לָ מַֽס׃...
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 lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. There shall no evil hap...
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...
THE HAND OF THE DILIGENT SHALL BEAR RULE,.... "Shall become rich", so Jarchi interprets it, according to Proverbs 10:4; Through diligence men get riches, and through riches they arrive to power and au...
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Ver. 24. _The hand of the diligent shall bear rule,_] _i.e., _ It shall make rich, and so get preferment; for, _regi...
_The hand of the diligent shall bear rule_ Industry is the way to preferment. An instance of which we have 1 Kings 11:28, where we learn that Solomon advanced Jeroboam because he saw he was _an indust...
V. 24. THE HAND OF THE DILIGENT SHALL BEAR RULE, he will reach a position of power and influence; BUT THE SLOTHFUL SHALL BE UNDER TRIBUTE, being obliged to serve, to hold a subordinate position, all h...
SLOTHFUL: Or, deceitful...
SHALL BEAR RULE; shall procure wealth and power. THE SLOTHFUL, Heb. _the deceitful_. So he calls the slothful, because deceit and idleness are commonly companions, and such men seek to gain by fraud w...
Proverbs 12:24 hand H3027 diligent H2742 rule H4910 (H8799) lazy H7423 labor H4522 hand - Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 17:2, Proverbs 22:29; 1 Kings 11:28,...
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH AND SOUND AUTHORITY (PROVERBS 12:17). In this next subsection the stress is on truth as opposed to falsehood, on authority as opposed to disobedience, and on the benefits accru...
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 hand of the diligent shall bear rule._ THE REWARD OF THE DILIGENT The natural estate of man is labour. Toil was the requirement of paradise. God’s Word recognises the universal law of work. “Toi...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:24_ THE REWARD OF DILIGENCE I. WHAT IS HERE MEANT BY DILIGENCE? _It is not being always active, but active in the right direction_—active in the right use of talents a...
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 Kings 11:28; 1 Kings 12:20; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 17:2; Proverbs 22:29; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 21:25;...