Luke 14:11; Proverbs 13:7
Two interpretations are equally tenable; (1) as in the King James Version, He whom men despise, or who is “lowly” in his own eyes (compare 1 Sam...
[He that is] despised, (c) and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and is destitute of bread. (c) The poor man that is conte...
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...
He that is despised, and hath . Better to be little noticed and have, &c. better. See note on Proverbs 8:11 .
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. He that is despised, and hath a servant - I...
He that is despised, and hath a servant, &c.— The passage may be understood; "It is better to be in lowliness and obscurity, and to cultivate o...
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. (He that is) despised, and hath a serva...
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...
Even a poor man in those days could afford to have a slave (cp. Exodus 21:32 ), and such a man, although others might look down on him, would be hap...
He that is despised. — That is, lowly in his eyes and those of others, as David ( 1 Samuel 18:23 ); if “he hath a servant,” that is, if he be in ea...
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."...
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...
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...
[He that is] despised, and hath a servant ,.... Meaning not the same person as before, but one in mean circumstances of life; and because he has not...
Proverbs 12:9 [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. Ver. 9. Better is...
He that is despised That lives in an obscure and mean condition in the world, such being commonly despised by persons of a higher rank; and hath a...
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. Note, 1. It is the folly...
That is despised; that liveth in a mean and obscure condition in the world, for such are commonly despised by men of a higher rank. Hath a servant...
The Righteous Are Compassionate And Hard Working And Will Prosper, While The Unrighteous Are Lacking In Compassion And Slothful And Will Suffer Lack...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:9 . This verse is read in two ways. Zockler reads, “Better is the lowly that serveth himself than he that boasteth a...
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...
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. Domestic modesty and display Vanity, or l...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and ope...
v. 9. He that is despised and hath a servant is better, rather, "Better is the lowly that serveth himself," being of small means and not too proud...
Despised — That lives in a mean condition. Honoureth — That glories in his high birth or gay attire.
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.