Proverbs 12:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. ”

Proverbs 12:2 - 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 12:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. man. Hebrew. 'ish . App-14, wicked . lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. will He condemn: or will pronounce him guilty, as Job 40:8 .
Proverbs 12:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. A good man obtaineth favor - First, it is God who makes him good; for every child of Adam is bad till the grace...
Proverbs 12:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord - literally, 'draws forth good will.' On the verb cf. note, Prov...
Proverbs 12:2 - 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 12:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A good man. — The corresponding phrase, “a man of wicked devices,” i.e., who plots against his neighbour, fixes the sense of “good” as signifying “benevolent” (comp. Psalms 73:1 ); and for the s...
Proverbs 12:2 - 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 12:2 - 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 12:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. Is it not Christ here spoken o...
Proverbs 12:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A good [man] obtaineth favour of the Lord ,.... One that is made so by the grace of God, for no man is so naturally; there is none good, nor does good, no, not one, until some good thing is put into...
Proverbs 12:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. Ver. 2. A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord. ] Or, "Hath what he will of God"; id quod vult a Domino...
Proverbs 12:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 A good man obtaineth favour of the L ORD : but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. Note, 1. We are really as we are with God. Those are happy, truly happy, for ever happy, t...
Proverbs 12:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Obtaineth favour; whereby he is and shall be acquitted and justified. A man of wicked devices, who designeth and industriously committeth wickedness, will he condemn, when he standeth in judgment...
Proverbs 12:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Comparison Between The Righteous And The Unrighteous, The Basis Of The Righteous Family, And The Destiny Of Each ( Proverbs 12:1-8 ). We have here another subsection in which the various attribu...
Proverbs 12:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:1 . Instruction , “discipline” or “disciplinary instruction.” Proverbs 12:2 . Obtaineth , literally “draws out.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:1 THE LOVE O...
Proverbs 12:2 - 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 12:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord. The blessing of the righteous and misery of the wicked There is s marked difference between the righteous and the wicked both in their characteristics a...
Proverbs 12:2 - 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 12:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 2. A good man obtaineth favor of the Lord, is an object of Jehovah' s good pleasure; but a man of wicked devices will He condemn, for He loathes planning which intends the neighbor' s harm.
Proverbs 12:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 11:24 ; Ecclesiastes 8:8 ; Isaiah 32:5-7 ; Proverbs 1:31 ; Proverbs 6:18 ; Proverbs 8:35 ; Psalms 112:5 ; Psalms 9:15 ; Romans 5:7

Proverbs 12:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 12:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 12:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 12:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 12:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 12:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 12:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 12:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 12:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 12:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 12:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 12:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 12:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge