Merry Heart
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18
A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.
19
The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.
20
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
21
He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
22
A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
23
A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
24
Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
26
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
27
He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.
28
Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.
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Proverbs 17:18-28 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7
This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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