Proverbs 16:1-6

1 To people belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

2 All the ways of people are pure in their eyes, but the LORD tests the motives.

3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will succeed.

4 The LORD made everything for a purpose, even the wicked for an evil day.

5 The LORD detests all who are arrogant; they surely won't go unpunished.

6 Love and faithfulness reconcile guilt; the fear of the LORD turns away evil.

Proverbs 16:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 6

This chapter gives an account of the building of the temple, for which preparations were before made and begins with the time of its building, 1Ki 6:1; gives the dimensions of it and the porch before it, 1Ki 6:2,3; observes the windows in it and chambers about it, 1Ki 6:4-10; and while it was building, Solomon had a word from the Lord relative to it, 1Ki 6:11-14; and then the account goes on concerning the walls of the house, and the flooring of it, 1Ki 6:15-18; and the oracle in it, and the cherubim in that, 1Ki 6:19-30; and the doors into it, and the carved work of them, 1Ki 6:31-36; and the chapter is concluded with observing the time when it was begun and finished 1Ki 6:37,38.