11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough.
and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you, that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.
nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:
Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.
For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision, who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not [to be taught] for the sake of base gain.
He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]: avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse: -- my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path; for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings. And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Ba'al-be'rith with which Abim'elech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
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Commentary on Proverbs 12 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 12
Pro 12:1
We are here taught to try whether we have grace or no by enquiring how we stand affected to the means of grace.
Pro 12:2
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Pro 12:3
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Pro 12:4
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Pro 12:5
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Pro 12:6
In the foregoing verse the thoughts of the wicked and righteous were compared; here their words, and those are as the abundance of the heart is.
Pro 12:7
We are here taught as before (v. 3 and ch. 10:25, 30),
Pro 12:8
We are here told whence to expect a good name. Reputation is what most have a high regard to and stand much upon. Now it is certain,
Pro 12:9
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Pro 12:10
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Pro 12:11
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Pro 12:12
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Pro 12:13
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Pro 12:14
We are here assured, for our quickening to every good word and work,
Pro 12:15
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Pro 12:16
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Pro 12:17
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Pro 12:18
The tongue is death or life, poison or medicine, as it is used.
Pro 12:19
Be it observed, to the honour of truth, that sacred thing,
Pro 12:20
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Pro 12:21
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Pro 12:22
We are here taught,
Pro 12:23
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Pro 12:24
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Pro 12:25
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Pro 12:26
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Pro 12:27
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Pro 12:28
The way of religion is here recommended to us,