That tilleth his land; that employeth his time and strength in an honest calling. That followeth vain persons; that useth their society and idle course of living. Is void of understanding; shall through his own folly want bread. read more
CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 12:11. Vain persons, or “vanity,” “emptiness.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:11SATISFACTION FROM TILLAGEI. Satisfaction as the result of tillage depends—1. Upon the performance of a Divine promise. It is long ago since God gave to Noah the promise that “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease” (Genesis 9:22), and it has been so invariably fulfilled that men have come to forget upon... read more
Chapter 12Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he who hates reproof is brutish ( Proverbs 12:1 ).And there's a lot in the Proverbs about instructing a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a fool and he will hate you. And a fool hateth instruction, and so forth. And the value of loving instruction, receiving instruction.A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will be condemned by God. A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous... read more
Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath a servant. There are various comments here. He that is despised, as a plebeian, and hath a servant; others say, and hath many servants, is better than the baron lost in poverty and debts. In the east, the rank of a man is known, not so much by the splendour of his carriage, as by the number of footmen which attend him. Absalom had fifty men to... read more
Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread.The law of labourIt is no mercy to be freed from the law of labour. Nor is it God that frees a man from that law. Among the opulent there are some who break the law of labour, and some who keep it. They keep it by working in their own province, in that state of life into which it has pleased God to call them. There is brain-toil as well as hand-toil; the wear and tear of the mental energies tend more to shorten life than the... read more
Pro 12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding. Ver. 11. He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied, &c. ] This is true of all other lawful callings, manual or mental, - the sweat of the brow or of the brain. Sin brought in sweat, Gen 3:19 and now not to sweat increaseth sin. Men must earn their bread before they eat it, 2Th 3:12 and be diligent in their callings to serve God and men, themselves and others,... read more
tilleth: Proverbs 13:23, Proverbs 14:4, Proverbs 14:23, Proverbs 27:27, Proverbs 28:19, Genesis 3:19, Psalms 128:2, Ephesians 4:28, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:12, 2 Thessalonians 3:8 he that followeth: Proverbs 1:10-Psalms :, Proverbs 4:14, Proverbs 4:15, Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 7:7, Proverbs 9:6, Proverbs 9:13, Proverbs 9:16, Proverbs 13:20, Judges 9:4, Psalms 26:4, Jonah 2:8, Titus 1:10, Titus 1:11 Reciprocal: Genesis 9:20 - an husbandman Genesis 47:23 - here is seed 2... read more
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.Tilleth — That employs his time in an honest calling.Vain persons — In an idle course of living. read more
11. Satisfied with bread Shall have plenty. Vain persons ריקים , ( rekim,) the raca of Matthew 5:22. Idle, profligate, empty-pated men; those who frequent saloons, taverns, ale houses, and other dissolute places, when they should be ploughing, or otherwise earning an honest living. The Septuagint here adds a proverb not in the Hebrew which is worthy of preservation: “He that enjoys himself (or spends his time) in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonour in his own strongholds.” The... read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:1-28
Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7; Proverbs 12:14; Proverbs 12:21; Proverbs 12:28). Several deal with speech ( Proverbs 12:6; Proverbs 12:13, Proverbs 12:16-Psalms :, Proverbs 12:22 f.). Other subjects treated of are the virtuous woman, humanity to animals, and the sluggard. No new feature appears. Proverbs 12:8 . of a perverse heart: Toy happily translates “ a wrong-headed man.” Proverbs 12:9 is... read more