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Proverbs 21:8-18

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8 A guilty man's conduct is crooked, but the behavior of the innocent is upright.[a]
9 Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.[b]
10 A wicked person desires evil; he has no consideration[c] for his neighbor.
11 When a mocker is punished, the inexperienced become wiser; when one teaches a wise man, he acquires knowledge.[d]
12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; He brings the wicked to ruin.
13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.[e]
14 A secret gift soothes anger, and a covert bribe,[f] fierce rage.[g]
15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous but a terror to those who practice iniquity.[h]
16 The man who strays from the way of wisdom will come to rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.[i]
17 The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man; whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.[j]
18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous, for[k] the upright.[l]
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Proverbs 21:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 12

  • [a] Pr 20:11
  • [b] Pr 15:16-17; 17:1; 21:19; 25:24
  • [c] Or favor
  • [d] Pr 19:25
  • [e] Pr 14:31; 17:5; 19:17
  • [f] Lit a bribe in the bosom
  • [g] Pr 17:8; 18:16; 19:6
  • [h] Pr 10:29
  • [i] Pr 2:18; 9:18
  • [j] Ec 2:1-3,10-11
  • [k] Or in place of
  • [l] Pr 11:8
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