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Proverbs 27:8-18

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8 A man wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.
9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.[a]
10 Don't abandon your friend or your father's friend, and don't go to your brother's house in your time of calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.[b]
11 Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy, so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.[c]
12 The sensible see danger and take cover; the foolish keep going and are punished.[d]
13 Take his garment,[e] for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.[f] [g]
14 If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.
15 An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike.[h]
16 The one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.[i]
18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever looks after his master will be honored.
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Proverbs 27:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 9

  • [a] LXX reads heart, but the soul is torn up by affliction
  • [b] Pr 17:17
  • [c] Pr 10:1; 23:24-25; 29:3
  • [d] Pr 22:3
  • [e] A debtor's outer garment held as collateral; Dt 24:12-13; Am 2:8
  • [f] Lit a foreign woman
  • [g] Pr 6:1-5; 11:15; 20:16
  • [h] Pr 19:13
  • [i] Lit and a man sharpens his friend's face
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.

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