Daily Bible Verse

The contrast between the righteous and the lawless

The contrast between the righteous and the lawless – Proverbs 12:7-14

⁷ The wicked are overthrown, and are not (there is nothing left of them): but the house of the righteous shall stand (arise, continue, endure, establish).

⁸ A man (ish: a great man, godly man) be commended (shine, boast) according to his wisdom (intelligence, prudence, success): but he that is of a perverse (make crooked, bow down) heart shall be despised (shamed, disrespect).

⁹ He that is despised (shamed), and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth (weighty, heavy) himself, and lacketh (wanting, needing) bread.

¹⁰ A righteous man regardeth (to know properly) the life (soul) of his beast: but the tender mercies (compassion) of the wicked (lawless ones) are cruel (terrible).

¹¹ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied (filled to satisfaction) with bread: but he that followeth (runneth after) vain (empty worthless) persons is void of understanding (heart, I believe this is understanding what is good and evil).

¹² The wicked (lawless one’s) desireth the net (figurative for what is caught in it) of evil men (which evil men use): but the root of the righteous yieldeth (giveth to others as opposed to taking) fruit.

¹⁴ A man (ish: a great man, godly man) shall be satisfied (fill to satisfaction) with good by the fruit (what is produced) of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

The contrast between the righteous and the lawless