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Proverbs 17:3-13

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3 1The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, 2and the LORD tests hearts.
4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
5 Whoever mocks the poor 3insults his Maker; he who is 4glad at calamity will not go 5unpunished.
6 6Grandchildren are 7the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
7 Fine speech is not 8becoming to a fool; still less is 9false speech to a prince.
8 10A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
9 Whoever 11covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter 12separates close friends.
10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion, and 13a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12 Let a man meet 14a she-bear robbed of her cubs 15rather than a fool in his folly.
13 If anyone 16returns evil for good, 17evil will not depart from his house.
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Proverbs 17:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 17

  • 1. Proverbs 27:21
  • 2. 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 26:2; Jeremiah 17:10; Malachi 3:3
  • 3. Proverbs 14:31; [Matthew 25:40, 45]
  • 4. Job 31:29; Obadiah 12; [Proverbs 24:17]
  • 5. Proverbs 16:5
  • 6. Psalms 128:6; [Psalms 127:3, 4]
  • 7. Proverbs 16:31
  • 8. [Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 26:1]
  • 9. Proverbs 6:17
  • 10. ver. 23; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 19:6; Proverbs 21:14; [Exodus 23:8; Isaiah 1:23; Amos 5:12]
  • 11. Proverbs 10:12
  • 12. Proverbs 16:28
  • 13. [1 Kings 2:29]
  • 14. 2 Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8
  • 15. [Proverbs 27:3]
  • 16. Psalms 35:12; Psalms 109:4, 5; [Proverbs 20:22; Matthew 5:39]
  • 17. [2 Samuel 12:10]
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