Proverbs 12:6

words. Hebrew. dabar. App-73.

the upright. upright ones.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 12:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall deliver them - i. e., The righteous themselves.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall (b) deliver them. (b) As their conscience is upright, so...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. The words of the wicked are to lie in...
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 o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Their very words are an ambush, meant to cause destruction.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood — i.e., are calculated for this end. The mouth of the upright shall deliver them — i.e.,...
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."...
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 t...
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 t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood ,.... Which some understand of perjury and false witness, as Jarchi, whereby the lives of inn...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. Ver. 6. The words of the wicked are to li...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The thoughts of the righteous are right His constant purpose is to be upright before God, and just and true in all his dealings with men. But the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. In the foregoing verse th...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Are to lie in wait for blood; are designed and ordered to entrap or deceive others, and to destroy them. Shall deliver them, to wit, from those t...
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 he...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:5 . Thoughts , or “purposes.” Right , “judgment,” “justice.” Proverbs 12:7 . Wordsworth here reads, “When the w...
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...
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 ope...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 6. The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, they intend malice and violence, their thoughts find expression in bloodthirsty and mur...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 17:1-4 ; Acts 23:12 ; Acts 23:15 ; Acts 25:3 ; Esther 4:7-14 ; Esther 7:4-6 ; Isaiah 59:7 ; Jeremiah 5:26 ; Micah 7:1 ; Micah 7:2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lie in wait — Are designed to entrap others, and to destroy them. Deliver them — From those that lie in wait for them.

⁶ The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 12:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 12:6