Proverbs 12

PLUS
The Book of Proverbs
Chapter 12
Verses:
12:6Lie in wait - Are designed to entrap others, and to destroy them.Deliver them - From those that lie in wait for them.
12:7Are not - Both they and their families suddenly perish.
12:9Despised - That lives in a mean condition. Honoureth - That glories in his high birth or gay attire.
12:10Regardeth - He will not destroy it either by labour beyond its strength, or by denying it necessary food or rest. Cruel - There is cruelty mixed even with their most merciful actions.
12:11Tilleth - That employs his time in an honest calling.Vain persons - In an idle course of living.
12:12Desireth - He approves those arts, which wicked men use like nets to ensnare other men. The root - That piety, which is the root of his actions, yields him sufficient fruit both for his own need, and to do good to others.
12:14Mouth - By his pious and profitable discourses. Hands - Of his actions.
12:15Hearkeneth - That distrusts his own judgments, and seeks counsel from others.
12:16Covereth - The shame, or injury done to him, which he conceals and bears with patience.
12:17Deceit - He who uses himself to lying in his common talk, will use falsehood and deceit in judgment.
12:18Health - Tends to the comfort and benefit of others.
12:19A moment - Liars, though they may make a fair shew for a season, yet are quickly convicted.
12:20Deceit - They whose hearts devise mischief shall be deceived in their hopes, and bring trouble upon themselves: but they who by good counsels labour to promote peace, shall reap the comfort of it themselves.
12:23Concealeth - He does not unseasonably utter what he knows.Foolishness - Betrays his ignorance and folly.
12:25A good word - A compassionate or encouraging word.
12:26Neighbour - Than any other men. Seduceth - Heb. maketh them to err, to lose that excellency or happiness which they had promised themselves.
12:27Resteth not - Does not enjoy the fruit of his labours.Precious - Yields him comfort and blessing with it.