Proverbs 12:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. ”

• Proverbs 12:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The “deceit” of “those who imagine evil” can work nothing but evil to those whom they advise. The “counselors of peace” have joy in themselves, and impart it to others also.

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• Proverbs 12:20 - 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...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil. "Deceit," producing sorrow, is in the heart of them...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - 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...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Deceit is in the heart ... — Those who plot and devise evil against others begin by deceiving them, and end by deceiving themselves also; whereas the “counsellors of peace,” who seek the good of the...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - 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...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - 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...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. There shall no evil ha...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil ,.... That secretly devise mischief in their hearts against their neighbours; that plough evil, as the word g signifies, and sow discord among men;...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy. Ver. 20. Deceit is in the heart of them, &c. ] Incendiaries and make-baits, counsellors of content...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil Either, 1st, Deceit toward others, whom they design to deceive, and then to destroy, while good counsellors bring safety and joy to others: or, rath...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.       Note, 1. Those that devise mischief contrive, for the accomplishing of it, how to imp...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Deceit; either, 1. Towards others, whom they design to deceive, and then to destroy, whilst good counsellors bring safety and joy to others. Or rather, 2. To themselves. So the sense of the ver...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Importance Of Truth And Sound Authority ( Proverbs 12:17-24 ). In this next subsection the stress is on truth as opposed to falsehood, on authority as opposed to disobedience, and on the benef...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:20 . Delitzsch reads, “cause joy.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:20 JOY FROM PEACE I. There must be counsel if there is to be peace . There can be no peace...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - 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...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil. A denunciation of wicked men I. A description of their persons. 1. They are evil-doers, but more especially, the practiser, the artificer in...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - 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...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 20. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil, for they can rarely carry out their evil intentions without malignity and deceit; but to the counselors of peace is joy, those who give wh...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 3:8-13 ; Hebrews 12:14 ; Isaiah 9:6 ; Isaiah 9:7 ; Jeremiah 17:16 ; Mark 12:14-17 ; Mark 7:21 ; Mark 7:22 ; Matthew 5:9 ; Proverbs 12:12 ; Proverbs 26:24-26 ; Romans 1:29 ; Zecha...

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• Proverbs 12:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Deceit — They whose hearts devise mischief shall be deceived in their hopes, and bring trouble upon themselves: but they who by good counsels labour to promote peace, shall reap the comfort of it t...

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