Proverbs 12:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The wicked desireth the neta of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. ”

Proverbs 12:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The meaning seems to be: The “net of evil men” (compare Proverbs 1:17 ) is that in which they are taken, the judgment of God in which they are ensnared. This they run into with such a blind infatu...
Proverbs 12:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The wicked desireth the (e) net of evil [men]: but the (f) root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit]. (e) Continually imagines ways to harm others. (f) Meaning, their heart within, which is upright, a...
Proverbs 12:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 dea...
Proverbs 12:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The wicked . a lawless one. the net. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is caught in it. of evil men: i.e. which evil men use. evil. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44: not...
Proverbs 12:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The wicked desireth the net of evil men : but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit . The wicked desireth the net of evil men - They applaud their ways, and are careful to imitate them in their...
Proverbs 12:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The wicked desireth, &c.— The wicked earnestly desireth the hunting of evil. Schultens. Houbigant reads it very differently, A tempest shall shake the device of the wicked: the root of the j...
Proverbs 12:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. The wicked desireth the net of evil (men): but the root of the righteous yieldeth (fruit). The wicked man...
Proverbs 12:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 cons...
Proverbs 12:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The wicked desireth the net of evil men — i.e., to enrich himself by prey as they do; but the “root of the righteous yieldeth fruit,” by their own exertion they gain all they require without inju...
Proverbs 12:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 L...
Proverbs 12:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 mi...
Proverbs 12:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of...
Proverbs 12:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The wicked desireth the net of evil [men] ,.... To be master of all the wicked arts and methods evil men use to ensnare and oppress others; to get them and their substance into their hands; or "desi...
Proverbs 12:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit]. Ver. 12. The wicked desireth the net of evil men, ] i.e., He so furiously pursueth his lusts, as if he...
Proverbs 12:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The wicked desireth the net of evil men He approves and uses those cunning and deceitful arts which evil men employ, like nets, to insnare others, and to take their goods to themselves. The word מצ...
Proverbs 12:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. See here, 1. What is the care and aim of a wicked man; he would do mischief: He desires...
Proverbs 12:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The wicked desireth the net of evil men; he approveth and useth those cunning and deceitful arts, which wicked men use like nets to insnare other men, and to take their goods to themselves. Or, he...
Proverbs 12:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Righteous Are Compassionate And Hard Working And Will Prosper, While The Unrighteous Are Lacking In Compassion And Slothful And Will Suffer Lack And Be Punished ( Proverbs 12:9-16 ). The first...
Proverbs 12:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:12 . Net . Delitzsch, Zockler, and Miller translate this word “spoil” or “prey.” The Hebrew word means also a “fortress.” Maurer, therefore, translates it “defence,” a...
Proverbs 12:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
Proverbs 12:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. The crafty and the honest I. Craftiness. 1. Craft is an instinct of wickedness: No true Christian is a...
Proverbs 12:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Proverbs 12:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 12. The wicked desireth the net of evil men, rather, the spoil, that which is taken in the net; that is, one wicked person tries to deprive the other of his ill-gotten gains, their selfishness c...
Proverbs 12:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 1:15-17 ; Isaiah 27:6 ; Isaiah 37:31 ; Jeremiah 17:7 ; Jeremiah 17:8 ; Jeremiah 5:26-28 ; John 15:16 ; John 15:5 ; Luke 8:13-15 ; Micah 7:2 ; Proverbs 1:17-19 ; Proverbs 10:15 ;...
Proverbs 12:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Desireth — He approves those arts, which wicked men use like nets to ensnare other men. The root — That piety, which is the root of his actions, yields him sufficient fruit both for his own need, a...

Proverbs 12:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 12:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 12:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 12:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 12:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 12:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 12:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 12:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 12:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 12:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes