Proverbs 11:27 (BSB)

He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

From Proverbs 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:27

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 11:27: Observe, 1. Those that are industrious to do good in the world get themselves beloved both with God and man: He that rises early to that which is good (so the word is), that seeks opportunities of serving his friends and relieving the poor, and lays out himself therein, procures favour.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 11:27: He that diligently seeketh good,.... Or "early"; who rises early in the morning, as the word (e) signifies, and seeks both to do good, and to enjoy it all the day; who, in the first place, seeks the kingdom of God and his righteousness; who, in the morning of his youth, inquires after the best things; and diligently pursues what is for his own good...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 11:27: good [and] mischief--that is, of others. procureth . . . seeketh--implying success.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 11:27: Pro 11:27 That self-sacrificing endeavour after the good of others finds its regard in the thought encircling the following proverbs. 27 He that striveth after good, seeketh that which is pleasing; And he that searcheth after evil, it shall find him. Here we have together three synonyms of seeking: בּקּשׁ (R. בק, findere), which has the general meaning quaerere, from the root-idea of penetrating and pressing forwards; דּרשׁ (R.