Proverbs 12:1-8
121 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.
2 The good obtain favor from the Lord, but those who devise evil he condemns.
3 No one finds security by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
4 A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
6 The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright delivers them.
7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
8 One is commended for good sense, but a perverse mind is despised.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 12:1-8
Commentary on Proverbs 12:1
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Those who have grace, will delight in the instructions given them. Those that stifle their convictions, are like brutes.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:2
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The man who covers selfish and vicious designs under a profession of religion or friendship, will be condemned.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:3
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Though men may advance themselves by sinful arts, they cannot settle and secure themselves. But those who by faith are rooted in Christ, are firmly fixed.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:4
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A wife who is pious, prudent, and looks well to the ways of her household, who makes conscience of her duty, and can bear crosses; such a one is an honour and comfort to her husband. She that is the reverse of this, preys upon him, and consumes him.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:5
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Thoughts are not free; they are under the Divine knowledge, therefore under the Divine command. It is a man's shame to act with deceit, with trick and design.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:6
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Wicked people speak mischief to their neighbours. A man may sometimes do a good work with one good word.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:7
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God's blessing is often continued to the families of godly men, while the wicked are overthrown.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:8
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The apostles showed wisdom by glorying in shame for the name of Christ.