Proverbs 12:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. ”

• Proverbs 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  shall be commended. Illustration: Joseph ( Genesis 41:39 ). wisdom. Hebrew. sakal. See note on Proverbs 1:2 . shall be despised. Illustrations: Hophni and Phinehas ( 1 Samuel 1:3 ; 1 Samu...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

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• Proverbs 12:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. A man shall be commended according to (literally, according to the mouth of: a Hebrew i...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  According to his wisdom — i.e., intelligent observance of the ends to be pursued in life, and the best means of attaining to them; in other words, finding out the will of God and how to fulfil it...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones....

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• Proverbs 12:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom ,.... Not according to his birth and pedigree; not according to his riches and wealth; not according to the places of honour and trust he may be in;...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. Ver. 8. A man shall be commended according to his wisdom. ] And all wisdom consists in this,...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A man shall be commended Namely, by wise and good men; according to his wisdom More or less, according to the degree of wisdom, which his discourses and actions discover to be in him; but he tha...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.       We are here told whence to expect a good name. Reputation is what most have...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  A man shall be commended, to wit, by wise and good men, according to his wisdom; more or less according to the degree of wisdom which his discourses and actions discover to be in him. He that is o...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - 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...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:5 . Thoughts , or “purposes.” Right , “judgment,” “justice.” Proverbs 12:7 . Wordsworth here reads, “When the wicked turn themselves,” etc., i.e. , on any rever...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - 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 12:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom. Appreciation better than praise There are persons in this world--and the pity is that there are not more of them--who care less for praise than...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - 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 12:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 8. A man shall be commended according to (literally, "in the presence of") his wisdom, in proportion to the insight he shows in all matters of life; but he that is of a perverse heart shall b...

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• Proverbs 12:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 3:10-15 ; 1 Corinthians 4:5 ; 1 Samuel 13:13 ; 1 Samuel 16:18 ; 1 Samuel 18:30 ; 1 Samuel 25:17 ; 2 Corinthians 10:18 ; Acts 12:23 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Ecclesiastes 8:1 ; Genesis...

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