The Meaning of Proverbs 22:12 Explained

Proverbs 22:12

KJV: The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

YLT: The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

Darby: The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.

ASV: The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

Discover Proverbs 22:12

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 22:12?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 22:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 22:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 22:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The eyes  of the LORD  preserve  knowledge,  and he overthroweth  the words  of the transgressor. 

What does Proverbs 22:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 22:1-16 - "he That Loveth Pureness Of Heart"
Great riches are not always a great blessing. When they are held in trust for God, they afford the opportunity of giving a vast amount of happiness to the benefactor as well as to those benefited. But we recall other riches, which do not consist in what a man has, but in what he is. There are four levels of human experience-to have, to do, to know, and to be-and these in their order are like iron, silver, gold, precious stones.
Some of these riches are enumerated here: a good name and loving favor, Proverbs 22:1; the faith that hides in God, Proverbs 22:3; true humility and godly fear, Proverbs 22:4; the child-heart, Proverbs 22:6; the beautiful eye and open hand, Proverbs 22:9; purity of heart and thought, Proverbs 22:11; alacrity and diligence, Proverbs 22:13. If only we would cultivate the inward graces and gifts of our soul-life, all who feel our influence would be proportionately enriched. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 22

1  A good name is more desirable than great wealth

What do the individual words in Proverbs 22:12 mean?

The eyes of Yahweh preserve knowledge but He overthrows the words of the faithless
עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה נָ֣צְרוּ דָ֑עַת וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ף דִּבְרֵ֥י בֹגֵֽד

עֵינֵ֣י  The  eyes 
Parse: Noun, cdc
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
יְ֭הוָה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
נָ֣צְרוּ  preserve 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נְצוּרִים 
Sense: to guard, watch, watch over, keep.
דָ֑עַת  knowledge 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דַּעַת 
Sense: knowledge.
וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ף  but  He  overthrows 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָלַף  
Sense: to twist, pervert, distort, overturn, ruin.
דִּבְרֵ֥י  the  words 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
בֹגֵֽד  of  the  faithless 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: בָּגַד  
Sense: to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously.

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