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Proverbs 15:16-26

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16 1Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.
17 2Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than 3a fattened ox and hatred with it.
18 4A hot-tempered man 5stirs up strife, but he who is 6slow to anger quiets contention.
19 The way of 7a sluggard is like a hedge of 8thorns, but the path of the upright is 9a level highway.
20 10A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
21 11Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding 12walks straight ahead.
22 13Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.
23 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and 14a word in season, how good it is!
24 The path of life leads upward 15for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
25 The LORD tears down the house of 16the proud but 17maintains 18the widow's boundaries.
26 19The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but 20gracious words are pure.
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Proverbs 15:16-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 5

This chapter relates Solomon's preparation for building the temple: on Hiram, king of Tyre, sending a congratulatory letter to him, he returned another to him, signifying his intention to build an house for God, and requesting him to supply him with timber, and men to work it, 1Ki 5:1-6; to which Hiram readily agreed, and sent him cedar and fir, and Solomon in return sent him food for his household; and things went on very amicably between them, 1Ki 5:7-12; the chapter concludes with an account of Solomon's workmen, where, how, and in what they were employed, 1Ki 5:13-18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

  • 1. Proverbs 16:8; Psalms 37:16; [1 Timothy 6:6]
  • 2. Proverbs 17:1
  • 3. [Matthew 22:4; Luke 15:23]
  • 4. Proverbs 29:22; [Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 26:21]
  • 5. Proverbs 28:25
  • 6. See Proverbs 14:29
  • 7. Proverbs 19:24; Proverbs 22:13
  • 8. Proverbs 22:5
  • 9. Jeremiah 18:15
  • 10. See Proverbs 29:3
  • 11. Proverbs 10:23
  • 12. [Ephesians 5:15]
  • 13. Proverbs 11:14; [Proverbs 20:18]
  • 14. Proverbs 25:11; [Isaiah 50:4]
  • 15. Colossians 3:1, 2; [Proverbs 2:18, 19; Philippians 3:20]
  • 16. [Proverbs 29:23]
  • 17. [Proverbs 23:10]
  • 18. [Psalms 68:5; Psalms 146:9]
  • 19. Proverbs 6:16, 18
  • 20. Proverbs 16:24
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