Proverbs 12:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

The wicked. a lawless one.

the net. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is caught in it.

of evil men: i.e. which evil men use.

evil. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44: not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 12:21.

yieldeth. giveth [to others]: i.e. instead of taking them as prey.

Proverbs 12:12

12 The wicked desireth the neta of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.