Proverbs 12:2-12

2 A good man obtains ADONAI's favor, but the schemer his condemnation.

3 No one is made secure by wickedness, but the roots of the righteous will never be moved.

4 A capable wife is a crown for her husband, but a shameful one is like rot in his bones.

5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the schemes of the wicked are deceitful.

6 The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

7 Once the wicked are down, it's the end of them; but the house of the upright endures.

8 A person wins praise in keeping with his common sense, but a person with a warped mind is treated with contempt.

9 Better to be despised and have a servant than to boast of one's status but have nothing to eat.

10 A righteous man takes care of his animal, but the wicked? Even his compassion is cruel.

11 He who farms his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows futilities has no sense.

12 The wicked covet the loot of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives forth of itself.

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Proverbs 12:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KING 2

This chapter gives an account of the charge David gave to his son Solomon, a little before his death, to walk in the ways of the Lord, 1Ki 2:1-4; and of some instructions delivered to him concerning some particular persons he should either show favour to, or execute justice on, 1Ki 2:5-9; and the next account in it is concerning his death and burial, and the years of his reign, 1Ki 2:10,11; after which it relates an address of Bathsheba to Solomon in favour of Adonijah, which was refused, and the issue of it was his death, 1Ki 2:12-25; and the deposition of Abiathar from the priesthood, 1Ki 2:26,27; and the putting of Joab to death for his treason and murders, 1Ki 2:28-34; in whose post Benaiah was put, as Zadok was in the place of Abiathar, 1Ki 2:35; and lastly the confinement of Shimei in Jerusalem, who had cursed David, 1Ki 2:36-38; who upon transgressing the orders given him was put to death, 1Ki 2:39-46.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Proverbs 12:2-12

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Proverbs 12:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KING 2