Proverbs 12:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothfuld shall be under tribute. ”

• Proverbs 12:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Under tribute - The comparison is probably suggested by the contrast between the condition of a conquered race (compare Joshua 16:10 ; Judges 1:30-33 ), and that of the freedom of their conquer...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - 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 12:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule - And why? because by his own industry he is independent; and every such pe...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Diligence shall secure th...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - 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 12:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Under tribute. — Like the descendants of the Amorites and other former inhabitants of Canaan, by whose forced labour Solomon executed his great works ( 1 Kings 9:20-21 ). A Hebrew from poverty migh...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - 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 12:24 - 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 12:24 - 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 12:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule ,.... "Shall become rich", so Jarchi interprets it, according to Proverbs 10:4 ; Through diligence men get riches, and through riches they arrive to power a...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Ver. 24. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, ] i.e., It shall make rich, and so get preferment; for, re...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule Industry is the way to preferment. An instance of which we have 1 Kings 11:28 , where we learn that Solomon advanced Jeroboam because he saw he was an ind...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.       Note, 1. Industry is the way to preferment. Solomon advanced Jeroboam because he saw that he was...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Shall bear rule; shall procure wealth and power. The slothful, Heb. the deceitful . So he calls the slothful, because deceit and idleness are commonly companions, and such men seek to gain by fr...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - 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 12:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:24 THE REWARD OF DILIGENCE I. What is here meant by diligence? It is not being always active, but active in the right direction —active in the right use of tal...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - 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 12:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule. The reward of the diligent The natural estate of man is labour. Toil was the requirement of paradise. God’s Word recognises the universal law of work....

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• Proverbs 12:24 - 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 12:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 24. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, he will reach a position of power and influence; but the slothful shall be under tribute, being obliged to serve, to hold a subordinate position,...

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• Proverbs 12:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 11:28 ; 1 Kings 12:20 ; Proverbs 10:4 ; Proverbs 13:4 ; Proverbs 17:2 ; Proverbs 22:29 ; Proverbs 12:27 ; Proverbs 19:15 ; Proverbs 21:25 ; Proverbs 21:26 ; Proverbs 22:13 ; Prove...

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