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Proverbs Chapter 12

Proverbs

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Overview

Proverbs 12:1

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loveth: Pro 2:10, Pro 2:11, Pro 8:17, Pro 8:32, Pro 18:1; Psa 119:27, Psa 119:97-100; Th2 2:10

he that: Pro 5:12, Pro 5:13, Pro 9:7, Pro 9:8; Psa 32:9, Psa 92:6; Isa 1:3

Proverbs 12:2

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good: Pro 8:35; Psa 112:5; Ecc 8:8; Act 11:24; Rom 5:7

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

Proverbs 12:3

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

the root: Pro 12:12; Psa 15:5, Psa 125:1, Psa 125:2; Sa1 25:33; Eph 3:17; Col 2:7

Proverbs 12:4

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virtuous: Pro 14:1, Pro 19:13, Pro 19:14, 31:10-25; Co1 11:7, Co1 11:11

she: Pro 21:9, Pro 21:19, Pro 27:15, Pro 27:16

as: Pro 14:30; Hab 3:16

Proverbs 12:5

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thoughts: Pro 11:23, Pro 24:9; Psa 119:15, Psa 139:23; Isa 55:7; Jer 4:14

counsels: Psa 12:2, Psa 12:3, Psa 36:2-4, Psa 41:6, Psa 41:7, Psa 140:1-3; Mat 2:3-8, Mat 2:16, Mat 26:4; Co1 4:5; Co2 4:2

Proverbs 12:6

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words: Pro 1:11-19; Sa2 17:1-4; Isa 59:7; Jer 5:26; Mic 7:1, Mic 7:2; Act 23:12, Act 23:15; Act 25:3

the mouth: Pro 14:3; Est 4:7-14, Est 7:4-6

Proverbs 12:7

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wicked: Pro 11:21, Pro 14:11, Pro 15:25; Est 9:6-10, Est 9:14; Job 5:3, Job 5:4, Job 11:20, Job 18:15-20; Job 27:18-23; Psa 37:10, Psa 37:35-37, Psa 73:18, Psa 73:19

the house: Pro 14:1, Pro 24:3, Pro 24:4; Sa2 7:16, Sa2 7:26; Mat 7:24-27

Proverbs 12:8

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commended: Gen 41:39; Sa1 16:18, Sa1 18:30; Ecc 8:1; Luk 12:42-44, Luk 16:8; Co1 3:10-15; Co1 4:5; Co2 10:18

he: Pro 1:26, Pro 3:35, Pro 5:23; Sa1 13:13, Sa1 25:17; Psa 132:18; Dan 12:2; Mal 2:8, Mal 2:9; Mat 27:4, Mat 27:5; Act 12:23

of a perverse heart: Heb. perverse of heart

Proverbs 12:9

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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: Pro 13:7; Luk 14:11

Proverbs 12:10

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righteous: Gen 33:13, Gen 33:14; Num 22:28-32; Deu 25:4; Joh 4:11

but: Gen 37:26-28; Jdg 1:7; Sa1 11:2; Joh 19:31, Joh 19:32; Jam 2:13-16

tender mercies: or, bowels, Jo1 3:17

Proverbs 12:11

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tilleth: Pro 13:23, Pro 14:4, Pro 14:23, Pro 27:27, Pro 28:19; Gen 3:19; Psa 128:2; Eph 4:28; Th1 4:11, Th1 4:12; Th2 3:8

he that followeth: Pro 1:10-19, Pro 4:14, Pro 4:15, Pro 6:32, Pro 7:7, Pro 9:6, Pro 9:13, Pro 9:16, Pro 13:20; Jdg 9:4; Psa 26:4; Jon 2:8; Tit 1:10, Tit 1:11

Proverbs 12:12

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

net: or, fortress, Pro 10:15

the root: Psa 1:3; Isa 27:6, Isa 37:31; Jer 17:7, Jer 17:8; Luk 8:13-15; Joh 15:5, Joh 15:16; Rom 6:22

Proverbs 12:13

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wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: Heb. snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips, Pro 6:2, Pro 15:2, Pro 18:6, Pro 18:7; Kg1 2:23; Psa 5:6, Psa 64:8; Dan 6:24; Mat 27:25

but: Pro 11:8; Gen 48:16; Sa2 4:9; Psa 34:19; Ecc 7:18; Rom 8:35-37; Pe2 2:9

Proverbs 12:14

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satisfied: Pro 13:2, Pro 18:20, Pro 18:21; Psa 63:5

and: Isa 3:10, Isa 3:11; Mat 10:41, Mat 10:42, Mat 16:27; Th2 1:6, Th2 1:7; Heb 2:2, Heb 11:26

Proverbs 12:15

pro 12:15

way: Pro 3:7, Pro 14:16, Pro 16:2, Pro 16:25, Pro 26:12, Pro 26:16, Pro 28:11, Pro 30:12; Luk 18:11; Gal 6:3

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

Proverbs 12:16

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fool's: Pro 25:28, Pro 29:11; Sa1 20:30-34; Kg1 19:1, Kg1 19:2

presently: Heb. in that day

but: Pro 10:12, Pro 16:22, Pro 17:9, Pro 29:11; Jam 1:19

Proverbs 12:17

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that: Pro 14:5, Pro 14:25; Sa1 22:14, Sa1 22:15

but: Pro 6:19, Pro 19:5, Pro 19:28, Pro 21:28, Pro 24:28; Mat 15:19, Mat 26:59; Act 6:13; Pe1 3:16

Proverbs 12:18

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that: Pro 25:18; Psa 52:2, Psa 57:4, Psa 59:7, Psa 64:3; Jam 3:6-8

like: Compare, Rev 1:16

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

Proverbs 12:19

pro 12:19

lip: Zac 1:4-6; Mat 24:35

but: Pro 19:9; Job 20:5; Psa 52:5; Act 5:3-10

Proverbs 12:20

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Deceit: Pro 12:12, Pro 26:24-26; Jer 17:16; Mar 7:21, Mar 7:22, Mar 12:14-17; Rom 1:29

but: Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Zac 6:13; Mat 5:9; Heb 12:14; Pe1 3:8-13

Proverbs 12:21

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no: Rom 8:28; Co1 3:22, Co1 3:23; Co2 4:17

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

Proverbs 12:22

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Lying: Pro 6:16, Pro 6:17; Psa 5:6; Isa 9:15; Eze 13:19, Eze 13:22; Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15

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

Proverbs 12:23

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A prudent: Pro 10:19, Pro 11:13, Pro 13:16

but: Pro 15:2; Ecc 10:3, Ecc 10:12-14

Proverbs 12:24

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hand: Pro 10:4, Pro 13:4, Pro 17:2, Pro 22:29; Kg1 11:28, Kg1 12:20

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

slothful: or, deceitful

Proverbs 12:25

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Heaviness: Pro 14:10, Pro 15:13, Pro 15:15, Pro 15:23, Pro 17:22, Pro 18:14; Neh 2:1, Neh 2:2; Psa 38:6, Psa 42:11; Mar 14:33, Mar 14:34

but: Pro 12:18, Pro 15:23, Pro 16:24, Pro 25:11, Pro 27:9; Isa 50:4; Zac 1:13; Co2 2:4-7

Proverbs 12:26

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righteous: Pro 12:13, Pro 17:27; Psa 16:3; Mat 5:46-48; Luk 6:32-36; Pe1 2:18-21

excellent: or, abundant

but: Psa 18:12, Psa 18:13; Jam 1:13, Jam 1:14; Pe2 2:18-22; Jo1 2:26; Rev 12:9, Rev 13:14

Proverbs 12:27

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slothful: Pro 13:4, Pro 23:2, Pro 26:15

but: Pro 15:16, Pro 16:8; Psa 37:16

Proverbs 12:28

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Pro 8:35, Pro 9:11, Pro 10:16, Pro 11:19; Eze 18:9, Eze 18:20-24; Rom 5:21, Rom 6:22, Rom 6:23; Tit 2:11, Tit 2:12; Jo1 2:29, Jo1 3:7; Jo3 1:11


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