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Proverbs 12:25
Proverbs 12:25
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Proverbs 12 — OverviewProverbs 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAdvantages of the Righteous.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 12:1-28Proverbs 12:1-28 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONProverbs 12:24-28Proverbs 12:24-28 · The Pulpit Commentaryspeak of the means of getting on in life.Proverbs 12:25Proverbs 12:25 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, 1. The cause and consequence of melancholy. It is heaviness in
the heart; it is a load of care, and fear, and sorrow, upon the
spirits, depressing them, and disabling them to exert themselves with
any…Proverbs 12:25Proverbs 12:25 · The Pulpit CommentaryHeaviness—care—in the heart of man maketh it stoop (Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22). Care brings dejection and despair; hence the Christian is bidden to beware of excessive anxiety, and not to perplex himself with…