Proverbs 21:12

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. THE RIGHTEOUS (MAN) WISELY CONSIDERETH THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED: (BUT GOD) OVERTHROWETH THE WICKED FOR (THEIR) WICKEDNESS. "The righteous wisely considereth" that though "the house of the wicked" seems flourishing now, yet "the wicked" are doomed to be overthrown "for their wickedness." As it presents a difficulty that a different subject ("God") is supplied to "overthroweth" from the subject to "considereth" ("the righteous man"), I prefer to take "the righteous (man)" as subject to both: then "overthroweth" is used as "to destroy and to throw down" is used in , of announcing God's purpose to overthrow: 'The righteous considereth wisely as to lª- the house of the wicked:' he pronounces their coming 'ove...

Verse Proverbs 21:12. _THE RIGHTEOUS_ MAN _WISELY CONSIDERETH_] This verse is understood as implying the _pious concern_ of a righteous man, for a wicked family, whom he endeavours by his _instructions_ to bring into the way of knowledge and peace....

Or, The Righteous One (Yahweh) regardeth well the house of the wicked, and maketh the wicked fall into mischief....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 21:1 THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the gardener's control, so the heart of the king, who might seem to have no superior, is directed by God. HE TURNETH IT WHITHERSOEVER HE WILL. By hidden influences and providential arrangements God disposes the monarch to order his government so as to carry out his designs, to spread around joy and plenty. The system of irrigation signified in this passage is still to be seen in Eastern lands. "Flower beds and gardens of herbs are always made at a little lower level than the surrounding ground, and are divided into small squares, a slight edging of earth banking the whole round on each side. Water is then let in, and floods the entire sur

THE RIGHTEOUS [MAN] WISELY CONSIDERETH THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED,.... Not so much the stately palace he lives in, and the furniture of it, as the glory, splendour, riches, and largeness of his family; the flourishing condition he and they are in: he considers how they came into it, the short continuance of it, and what the end will be, which in a short time wilt be ruin and destruction; and therefore be does not envy their present happiness, or fret at it. Gersom renders it, "the righteous maketh the house of the wicked to prosper;'' as Joseph did Potiphar's, and Jacob Laban's; or rather the Lord made them to prosper for their sakes. Jarchi interprets the righteous of God himself; who gives his heart, or has it in his heart to cut off the house of the wicked, as follows; [BUT GOD] OVERTHROWETH THE WICKED FOR [THEIR] WICKEDNESS; or removes them into evil, as the Targum; into the evil of...

CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will” Proverbs 21:1). The rivers of water are “water-courses,” the irrigation system known to the ancients, opening and shutting sluices directed the flow of the waters. Thus the Lord governs the king's heart as He directs the affairs of men. The Lord pondereth the hearts Proverbs 21:2). The same truth is stated in Proverbs 16:2; self-justification suits the natural man but the Lord testeth all hearts. How well it is to remember in all our conduct, that truth, so comforting to the believer, expr

PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4. Apparently two unconnected lines belonging to different couplets. A connexion can be established only by forced exegesis. The Heb. is lit. lofty of look and arrogant of heart, the tillage of the wicked is sin. RV lamp for tillage depends on a different pointing, but does not improve the sense. Proverbs 21:6. Lit. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue (is) a driven breath, seekers of death. RV clearly inserts more than the text warrants to make sense of...

WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra a'._ App-44. same as "evil" in Proverbs 21:10....

God _overthroweth_ The difficulty of this proverb lies in the elliptical character of the second clause, which leaves a subject of necessity to be supplied. The A.V. makes man the subject of the first clause, and God of the second. But it is better to render, either with R.V. text: THE RIGHTEOUS MAN CONSIDERETH THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED; _How_ THE WICKED ARE OVERTHROWN TO _their_ RUIN; or with Ewald and others, and R.V. marg., taking the Righteous One in the first clause to be God (Job 34:17), and retaining the same subject throughout. ONE THAT IS RIGHTEOUS CONSIDERETH THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED; HE OVERTHROWETH THE WICKED TO _their_ RUIN. Both LXX. and Vulg., though differing from one another and from our present Heb. text, make "the righteous" the subject of both clauses....

THE RIGHTEOUS— _The just_ [_Judge_] _makes exact scrutiny into the house of the wicked, to bring the wicked to punishment._ Dr. Grey would read, _The righteous prospereth in his house, but wickedness overthroweth the wicked._ We have the phrase of the first hemistich, in 1 Samuel 18:14 and the second is almost the same as ch. Proverbs 13:6....