Proverbs 16:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. ”

Proverbs 16:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established (g) by righteousness. (g) They are appointed by God to rule according to equity and justice.
Proverbs 16:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms ( Proverbs 16:10-15 ) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular...
Proverbs 16:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wickedness . lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
Proverbs 16:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. It is an abomination to kings, etc. - In all these verses the wise man refers to monarchical gove...
Proverbs 16:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. (It is) an abomination to kings to commit wickedness - namely, to such kings as desire to d...
Proverbs 16:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. God's control of human life.
Proverbs 16:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is an abomination to kings .... — This and the following verse are, like Proverbs 16:10 , descriptive of the ideal king who, above all things, loves truth and justice. Psalms 72 works out the...
Proverbs 16:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight...
Proverbs 16:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 16:1 . A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr....
Proverbs 16:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth tran...
Proverbs 16:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness ,.... The Targum is, "the abomination of kings are they that work wickedness.'' It should be an abomination to kings to commit wickedness thems...
Proverbs 16:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 16:12 [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. Ver. 12. It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness. ] It is so for...
Proverbs 16:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness They should not only abstain from all wicked practices, but abhor them, both in their own persons, and in all their servants and subjects. It is t...
Proverbs 16:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. Here is, 1. The character of a good king, which Solomon intended not for his...
Proverbs 16:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; they should not only abstain from all wicked practices, but abhor them both in their own persons, and in all their servants and subjects. It is t...
Proverbs 16:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Is Concerned About Injustice Whether At The Hands Of The King Or Of Men ( Proverbs 16:8-12 ). In this subsection men are urged to act justly and rightly in their business dealings, and kings...
Proverbs 16:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 16:10 . A Divine sentence , literally “divination,” i.e., “an oracle ” or “ a decision .” “His mouth transgresseth not.” Stuart and Delitzsch read, “ In judgment his m...
Proverbs 16:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt dispose...
Proverbs 16:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

For the throne is estaabished by righteousness. Religious principles the best support of government I. Righteousness most effectually answers the end and design of government. Religion consists...
Proverbs 16:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 16:1-20 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Proverbs 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without...
Proverbs 16:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 12. It is an abomination to kings, it makes them objects of loathing and contempt, to commit wickedness, the setting aside of right and justice causes both God and men to despise them; for th...
Proverbs 16:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 25:16 ; Luke 12:48 ; Proverbs 20:18 ; Proverbs 25:5 ; Proverbs 28:9 ; Proverbs 29:14 ; Psalms 99:4 ; Revelation 19:11

Proverbs 16:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 16:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 16:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 16:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 16:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 16:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 16:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 16:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 16:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 16:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 16:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 16:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 16:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge