Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Proverbs 12:14 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 12:14 |
King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
See Pro 13:2 note. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
14 From the fruit which the mouth of the man bringeth forth is he satisfied with good,
And what the hands of the man accomplish returns back to him.
The proverb finds its final verification in the last judgment (cf. Mat 12:37), but it is also illustrated in the present life. If the mouth of a man bringeth forth fruit - namely, the fruit of wholesome doctrine, of right guidance, of comforting exhortation, of peace-bringing consolation for others - this fruit is also to his own advantage, he richly enjoys the good which flows out of his own mouth, the blessing he bestows is also a blessing for himself. The same also is the case with the actions of a man. That which is done, or the service which is rendered by his hands, comes back to him as a reward or as a punishment. גּמוּל signifies primarily accomplishment, execution, and is a twofold, double-sided conception: a rendering of good or evil, and merit on the side of men (whether merited reward or merited punishment), as well as recompense, requital on the side of God. The first line is repeated, somewhat altered, at Pro 13:2; Pro 18:20. The whole proverb is prophetically echoed in Isa 3:10. The Kerı̂ ישׁיב has Jahve as the subject, or rather the subject remains undefined, and "one requites him" is equivalent to: it is requited to him. The Chethı̂b seems to us more expressive; but this use of the active with the undefined subject, instead of the passive, is certainly as much in the Mishle style (cf. Pro 13:21) as the development of the subject of the clause from a foregoing genitive. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Mouth - By his pious and profitable discourses. Hands - Of his actions. |
2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.