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Proverbs 12:1-28
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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 12:1 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThose who have grace, will delight in the instructions given them. Those that stifle their convictions, are like brutes.Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 12:1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe are here taught to try whether we have grace or no by enquiring how we stand affected to the means of grace. 1. Those that have grace and love it will delight in all the instructions that are given them by way of cou…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 12:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryInstruction; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive knowledge, especially the knowledge of himself and of all moral obligations. Is brut…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:1-3Proverbs 12:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryPrimary truths I. THE WISDOM OF SUBMISSION, THE FOLLY OF RESISTANCE, TO REPROOF. As self-knowledge is the most precious and indispensable, and as it comes to us by chastisement, i.e. by disappointment, humiliation, pain…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:1Those who have grace, will delight in the instructions given them. Those that stifle their convictions, are like brutes.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:1We are here taught to try whether we have grace or no by enquiring how we stand affected to the means of grace. 1. Those that have grace and love it will delight in all the instructions that are given them by way of cou…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:1Instruction; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive knowledge, especially the knowledge of himself and of all moral obligations. Is brut…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:1-3Primary truths I. THE WISDOM OF SUBMISSION, THE FOLLY OF RESISTANCE, TO REPROOF. As self-knowledge is the most precious and indispensable, and as it comes to us by chastisement, i.e. by disappointment, humiliation, pain…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:2The man who covers selfish and vicious designs under a profession of religion or friendship, will be condemned.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:2Note, 1. We are really as we are with God. Those are happy, truly happy, for ever happy, that obtain favour of the Lord, though the world frown upon them, and they find little favour with men; for in God's favour is lif…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:2A good man. The word is general, the particular virtue intended being often modified by the context. In view of the contrast in the second clause, it means here "pure," "straightforward." having a heart free from evil t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:3Though men may advance themselves by sinful arts, they cannot settle and secure themselves. But those who by faith are rooted in Christ, are firmly fixed.Matthew Henry