Chapter 12

1
loveth Prov 2:10-11, Prov 8:17, Prov 8:32, Prov 18:1; Ps 119:27, Ps 119:97-100; 2Thess 2:10

he that Prov 5:12-13, Prov 9:7-8; Ps 32:9, Ps 92:6; Isa 1:3


2
good Prov 8:35; Ps 112:5; Eccl 8:8; Acts 11:24; Rom 5:7

a man Prov 1:31, Prov 6:18; Ps 9:15; Isa 32:5-7


3
shall not be established Prov 10:25; Job 5:3-5, Job 15:29, Job 20:5-9, Job 27:16-18

the root Prov 12:12; Ps 15:5, Ps 125:1-2; 1Sam 25:33; Eph 3:17; Col 2:7


4
virtuous Prov 14:1, Prov 19:13-14, Prov 31:10-25; 1Cor 11:7, 1Cor 11:11

she Prov 21:9, Prov 21:19, Prov 27:15-16

as Prov 14:30; Hab 3:16


5
thoughts Prov 11:23, Prov 24:9; Ps 119:15, Ps 139:23; Isa 55:7; Jer 4:14

counsels Ps 12:2-3, Ps 36:2-4, Ps 41:6-7, Ps 140:1-3; Matt 2:3-8, Matt 2:16, Matt 26:4; 1Cor 4:5; 2Cor 4:2


6
words Prov 1:11-19; 2Sam 17:1-4; Isa 59:7; Jer 5:26; Mic 7:1-2; Acts 23:12, Acts 23:15; Acts 25:3

the mouth Prov 14:3; Esth 4:7-14, Esth 7:4-6


7
wicked Prov 11:21, Prov 14:11, Prov 15:25; Esth 9:6-10, Esth 9:14; Job 5:3-4, Job 11:20, Job 18:15-20; Job 27:18-23; Ps 37:10, Ps 37:35-37, Ps 73:18-19

the house Prov 14:1, Prov 24:3-4; 2Sam 7:16, 2Sam 7:26; Matt 7:24-27


8
commended Gen 41:39; 1Sam 16:18, 1Sam 18:30; Eccl 8:1; Luke 12:42-44, Luke 16:8; 1Cor 3:10-15; 1Cor 4:5; 2Cor 10:18

he Prov 1:26, Prov 3:35, Prov 5:23; 1Sam 13:13, 1Sam 25:17; Ps 132:18; Dan 12:2; Mal 2:8-9; Matt 27:4-5; Acts 12:23

of a perverse heart Heb. perverse of heart


9
He that is etc. Or, rather, as in the old translation "He that is despised, and is his own servant, is better than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread;" with which the versions generally agree. That is, it is better to be in lowness and obscurity, and to support oneself by manual labour, than to want the necessaries of life, through a foolish vanity, or the pride of birth, which refuses to labour.

despised Prov 13:7; Luke 14:11


10
righteous Gen 33:13-14; Num 22:28-32; Deut 25:4; John 4:11

but Gen 37:26-28; Judg 1:7; 1Sam 11:2; John 19:31-32; Jas 2:13-16

tender mercies or, bowels, 1John 3:17


11
tilleth Prov 13:23, Prov 14:4, Prov 14:23, Prov 27:27, Prov 28:19; Gen 3:19; Ps 128:2; Eph 4:28; 1Thess 4:11-12; 2Thess 3:8

he that followeth Prov 1:10-19, Prov 4:14-15, Prov 6:32, Prov 7:7, Prov 9:6, Prov 9:13, Prov 9:16, Prov 13:20; Judg 9:4; Ps 26:4; Jonah 2:8; Titus 1:10-11


12
desireth Prov 1:17-19, Prov 29:5-6; Ps 9:15, Ps 10:9; Jer 5:26-28; Mic 7:2; Hab 1:15-17

net or, fortress, Prov 10:15

the root Ps 1:3; Isa 27:6, Isa 37:31; Jer 17:7-8; Luke 8:13-15; John 15:5, John 15:16; Rom 6:22


13
wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips Heb. snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips, Prov 6:2, Prov 15:2, Prov 18:6-7; 1Kgs 2:23; Ps 5:6, Ps 64:8; Dan 6:24; Matt 27:25

but Prov 11:8; Gen 48:16; 2Sam 4:9; Ps 34:19; Eccl 7:18; Rom 8:35-37; 2Pet 2:9


14
satisfied Prov 13:2, Prov 18:20-21; Ps 63:5

and Isa 3:10-11; Matt 10:41-42, Matt 16:27; 2Thess 1:6-7; Heb 2:2, Heb 11:26


15
way Prov 3:7, Prov 14:16, Prov 16:2, Prov 16:25, Prov 26:12, Prov 26:16, Prov 28:11, Prov 30:12; Luke 18:11; Gal 6:3

but Prov 1:5, Prov 9:9, Prov 19:20; Eccl 4:13; Jer 38:15-28


16
fool's Prov 25:28, Prov 29:11; 1Sam 20:30-34; 1Kgs 19:1-2

presently Heb. in that day

but Prov 10:12, Prov 16:22, Prov 17:9, Prov 29:11; Jas 1:19


17
that Prov 14:5, Prov 14:25; 1Sam 22:14-15

but Prov 6:19, Prov 19:5, Prov 19:28, Prov 21:28, Prov 24:28; Matt 15:19, Matt 26:59; Acts 6:13; 1Pet 3:16


18
that Prov 25:18; Ps 52:2, Ps 57:4, Ps 59:7, Ps 64:3; Jas 3:6-8

like Compare, Rev 1:16

but Prov 10:20-21, Prov 13:17, Prov 15:7, Prov 16:24; Dan 11:33; Rev 22:2


19
lip Zech 1:4-6; Matt 24:35

but Prov 19:9; Job 20:5; Ps 52:5; Acts 5:3-10


20
Deceit Prov 12:12, Prov 26:24-26; Jer 17:16; Mark 7:21-22, Mark 12:14-17; Rom 1:29

but Isa 9:6-7; Zech 6:13; Matt 5:9; Heb 12:14; 1Pet 3:8-13


21
no Rom 8:28; 1Cor 3:22-23; 2Cor 4:17

filled Prov 1:31, Prov 14:14; Jer 13:12-14; Hab 2:16; Rev 18:6


22
Lying Prov 6:16-17; Ps 5:6; Isa 9:15; Ezek 13:19, Ezek 13:22; Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15

but Prov 11:1, Prov 11:20, Prov 15:8; Jer 9:24


23
A prudent Prov 10:19, Prov 11:13, Prov 13:16

but Prov 15:2; Eccl 10:3, Eccl 10:12-14


24
hand Prov 10:4, Prov 13:4, Prov 17:2, Prov 22:29; 1Kgs 11:28, 1Kgs 12:20

but Prov 12:27, Prov 19:15, Prov 21:25-26, Prov 22:13, Prov 24:30-34, Prov 26:13-16

slothful or, deceitful


25
Heaviness Prov 14:10, Prov 15:13, Prov 15:15, Prov 15:23, Prov 17:22, Prov 18:14; Neh 2:1-2; Ps 38:6, Ps 42:11; Mark 14:33-34

but Prov 12:18, Prov 15:23, Prov 16:24, Prov 25:11, Prov 27:9; Isa 50:4; Zech 1:13; 2Cor 2:4-7


26
righteous Prov 12:13, Prov 17:27; Ps 16:3; Matt 5:46-48; Luke 6:32-36; 1Pet 2:18-21

excellent or, abundant

but Ps 18:12-13; Jas 1:13-14; 2Pet 2:18-22; 1John 2:26; Rev 12:9, Rev 13:14


27
slothful Prov 13:4, Prov 23:2, Prov 26:15

but Prov 15:16, Prov 16:8; Ps 37:16


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Prov 8:35, Prov 9:11, Prov 10:16, Prov 11:19; Ezek 18:9, Ezek 18:20-24; Rom 5:21, Rom 6:22-23; Titus 2:11-12; 1John 2:29, 1John 3:7; 3John 1:11


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