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Proverbs 12
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain
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Proverbs 12 — OverviewProverbs 12 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 12 continues Solomon's great gallery of contrasts, holding the righteous and the wicked side by side in every verse. The chapter sweeps across a wide range of life: how we learn, how we speak, how we work, how…Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 12:1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe are here taught to try whether we have grace or no by enquiring how
we stand affected to the means of grace. 1. Those that have grace and
love it will delight in all the instructions that are given them by way…Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 12:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryInstruction; 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…Proverbs 12:1-3Proverbs 12:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryPrimary truths
I. THE WISDOM OF SUBMISSION, THE FOLLY OF RESISTANCE, TO REPROOF. As self-knowledge is the most precious and indispensable, and as it comes to us by chastisement, i.e. by disappointment, humiliation,…Proverbs 12:1-28Proverbs 12:1-28 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONProverbs 12:1Proverbs 12:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeloveth: Proverbs 2:10-11, Proverbs 8:17, Proverbs 8:32, Proverbs 18:1; Psalms 119:27, Psalms 119:97-100; 2 Thessalonians 2:10
he that: Proverbs 5:12-13, Proverbs 9:7-8; Psalms 32:9, Psalms 92:6; Isaiah 1:3