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Proverbs 22:12 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 22 · verse 12
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.Proverbs 22:12 · King James Version
Proverbs 22:12 in context
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- overthrowethçâlaphproperly, to wrenchH5557 →
- knowledgedaʻathknowledgeH1847 →
- preservenâtsarto guard, in a good sense or a bad oneH5341 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is, 1. The special care God takes to preserve knowledge, that is, to keep up religion in the world by keeping up among men the knowledge of himself and of good and evil, notwithstanding the corruption of mankind, and the artifices of Satan to blind men's minds and keep them in ignorance.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary