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Proverbs 24:23-34

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23 These also are sayings of 1the wise. 2Partiality in judging is not good.
24 Whoever 3says to the wicked, "You are in the right," 4will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
25 but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.
26 Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.
27 5Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
28 6Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, 7"I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done."
30 8I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man 9lacking sense,
31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone 10wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw and 11considered it; I looked and received instruction.
33 12A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
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Proverbs 24:23-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12

This chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1,2, the people's request to Rehoboam to be eased of their taxes, as the condition of making him king, 1Ki 12:3,4, his answer to them, after three days, having had the advice both of the old and young men, which latter he followed, and gave in a rough answer, 1Ki 12:5-15, upon which ten tribes revolted from him, and two abode by him, 1Ki 12:16-20, wherefore he meditated a war against the ten tribes, but was forbid by the Lord to engage in it, 1Ki 12:21-24 and Jeroboam, in order to establish his kingdom, and preserve the people from a revolt to the house of David, because of the temple worship at Jerusalem, devised a scheme of idolatrous worship in his own territories, 1Ki 12:25-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 12

  • 1. Proverbs 1:6; Proverbs 22:17
  • 2. See Proverbs 18:5
  • 3. See Proverbs 17:15
  • 4. Proverbs 11:26
  • 5. [Luke 14:28]
  • 6. [Proverbs 25:18]
  • 7. See Proverbs 20:22
  • 8. [Job 5:3]
  • 9. See Proverbs 6:32
  • 10. Isaiah 5:5
  • 11. [Proverbs 22:17]
  • 12. For ver. 33, 34, see Proverbs 6:10, 11
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.