Proverbs 12:1-10

1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

2 A good man obtaineth favor of the LORD, but a man of wicked devices will He condemn.

3 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she that causeth shame is rottenness in his bones.

5 The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

6 The counsels of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouths of the upright shall deliver them.

7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

9 He that is lowly and hath a servant is better off than he that honoreth himself and lacketh bread.

10 A righteous man hath regard for the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 12:1-10 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.