--- title: "Proverbs 12 - Study King James Bible with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary" description: "Read Proverbs 12 with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary commentary. 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12" --- [ Read](/kjv/proverbs/12)[ Commentary](/study/proverbs/12)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/proverbs/12) Audio 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof *is* brutish. 2 A good *man* obtaineth favour 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 maketh ashamed *is* as rottenness in his bones. 5 The thoughts of the righteous *are* right: *but* the counsels of the wicked *are* deceit. 6 The words of the wicked *are* to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 7 The wicked are overthrown, and *are* not: 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* despised, and hath a servant, *is* better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. 10 A righteous *man* regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked *are* cruel.* 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain *persons is* void of understanding. 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil *men:* but the root of the righteous yieldeth *fruit*.* 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of *his* lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.* 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of *his* mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him. 15 The way of a fool *is* right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel *is* wise. 16 A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent *man* covereth shame.* 17 *He that* speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise *is* health. 19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue *is* but for a moment. 20 Deceit *is* in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace *is* joy. 21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. 22 Lying lips *are* abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly *are* his delight. 23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.* 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. 26 The righteous *is* more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.* 27 The slothful *man* roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man *is* precious. 28 In the way of righteousness *is* life; and *in* the pathway *thereof there is* no death. [Proverbs 11](/study/proverbs/11) [Proverbs 13](/study/proverbs/13) ## Commentary To verse 1 Three proverbs on knowledge, the favour of God, firmness and the means thereto. 1 He loveth correction who loveth knowledge, And he hateth instruction who is without reason. It is difficult in such cases to say which is the relation of the ideas that is intended. The sequence of words which lies nearest in the Semitic substantival clause is that in which the predicate is placed first; but the subject may, if it is to be made prominent, stand at the head of the sentence. Here, 1b, the placing of the subject in advance recommends itself: one who hates instruction is devoid of reason. But since we have no reason in 1a to invert the order of the words as they lie together, we take the conceptions placed first in both cases as the predicates. Thus: he who loves knowledge shows and proves that he does so by this, that he willingly puts himself in the place of a learner; and devoid of reason is he who with aversion rejects reproof, which is designed to guard him from future mistakes and false steps. Regarding the punctuation דעת אהב (with *Mercha* on the ante-penult. and the העמדה -sign on the penult.), *vid*., at [Proverbs 11:26](/kjv/proverbs/11/26)., [Proverbs 1:19](/kjv/proverbs/1/19). In 1b the *Munach* in תוכחת is transformed from *Mugrash* (*Accentssystem*, xviii. §2), as in [Proverbs 15:10](/kjv/proverbs/15/10). בּער (cf. [Proverbs 30:2](/kjv/proverbs/30/2)) is a being who is stupid as the brute cattle ( בּעיר , from בּער , to graze, cattle of all kinds; Arab. b'ayr , the beast κατ ̓ ἐξ ., *i.e.*, the camel); as a *homo brutus* is compared to a בּהמּה (Ps. 49:21), 73:22), and is called Arab. behymt , from bahym , “shut up” (spec. dabb , a bear; thwr , an ox; ḥamâr , an ass) (Fl.). ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12","name":"Proverbs 12 - Study King James Bible with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Proverbs 12 with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary commentary. 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary","name":"keil and delitzsch old testament commentary"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs","name":"Proverbs"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/proverbs/12","name":"12"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```