Proverbs 12:4-12 contain proverbs concerning the management of a house and business.
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Proverbs 12:4-12
The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:4-12
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:1-28Proverbs 12:1-28 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:4Proverbs 12:4 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryA wife who is pious, prudent, and looks well to the ways of her household, who makes conscience of her duty, and can bear crosses; such a one is an honour and comfort to her husband. She that is the reverse of this, pre…Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:4Proverbs 12:4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleNote, 1. He that is blessed with a good wife is as happy as if he were upon the throne, for she is no less than a crown to him. A virtuous woman, that is pious and prudent, ingenious and industrious, that is active for…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:4Proverbs 12:4 · The Pulpit CommentaryA virtuous woman; one whose portrait is beautifully traced in Proverbs 31:1-31. The term is applied to Ruth (Ruth 3:11). The Vulgate renders, diligens; Septuagint, ἀνδρεία. The expression means one of power either in…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:4-11Proverbs 12:4-11 · The Pulpit CommentaryBlessings and miseries of domestic life I. ELEMENTS OF HAPPINESS IN THE HOME. 1. The virtuous wife. (Proverbs 12:4.) The word is literally "a woman of power," and the idea of force lies in the word and the idea of virtu…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:1-28EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:4A wife who is pious, prudent, and looks well to the ways of her household, who makes conscience of her duty, and can bear crosses; such a one is an honour and comfort to her husband. She that is the reverse of this, pre…Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:4Note, 1. He that is blessed with a good wife is as happy as if he were upon the throne, for she is no less than a crown to him. A virtuous woman, that is pious and prudent, ingenious and industrious, that is active for…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman; one whose portrait is beautifully traced in Proverbs 31:1-31. The term is applied to Ruth (Ruth 3:11). The Vulgate renders, diligens; Septuagint, ἀνδρεία. The expression means one of power either in…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:4-11Blessings and miseries of domestic life I. ELEMENTS OF HAPPINESS IN THE HOME. 1. The virtuous wife. (Proverbs 12:4.) The word is literally "a woman of power," and the idea of force lies in the word and the idea of virtu…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:5Thoughts are not free; they are under the Divine knowledge, therefore under the Divine command. It is a man's shame to act with deceit, with trick and design.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 12:5Note, 1. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, and judges them. We mistake if we imagine that thoughts are free. No, they are under the divine cognizance, and therefore under the divin…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are right; literally, judgments; i.e. just and fair, much more then words and actions. St. Gregory ('Mor. in Job,' lib. 25) takes another view, seeing in "judgments" the stings of conscienc…Joseph S. Exell and contributors