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Proverbs 24:5-15

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5 1A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
6 for by 2wise guidance you can wage your war, and in 3abundance of counselors there is victory.
7 Wisdom is 4too high for a fool; in 5the gate he does not open his mouth.
8 Whoever 6plans to do evil will be called a schemer.
9 7The devising[a] of folly is sin, and 8the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
10 If you 9faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
11 10Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," 11does not he who 12weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who 13keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man 14according to his work?
13 My son, 15eat honey, for it is good, and 16the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be 17a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
15 18Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;
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Proverbs 24:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12

This chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1,2, the people's request to Rehoboam to be eased of their taxes, as the condition of making him king, 1Ki 12:3,4, his answer to them, after three days, having had the advice both of the old and young men, which latter he followed, and gave in a rough answer, 1Ki 12:5-15, upon which ten tribes revolted from him, and two abode by him, 1Ki 12:16-20, wherefore he meditated a war against the ten tribes, but was forbid by the Lord to engage in it, 1Ki 12:21-24 and Jeroboam, in order to establish his kingdom, and preserve the people from a revolt to the house of David, because of the temple worship at Jerusalem, devised a scheme of idolatrous worship in his own territories, 1Ki 12:25-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 18

  • 1. [Proverbs 21:22]
  • 2. Proverbs 20:18
  • 3. See Proverbs 11:14
  • 4. [Proverbs 14:6]
  • 5. See Job 5:4
  • 6. Romans 1:30
  • 7. [Proverbs 21:27]
  • 8. See Psalms 1:1
  • 9. [Hebrews 12:3]
  • 10. Psalms 82:4; [Isaiah 58:6, 7]
  • 11. [Ecclesiastes 5:8]
  • 12. Proverbs 16:2; See 1 Samuel 16:7
  • 13. [Psalms 91:11]
  • 14. See Job 34:11
  • 15. [Psalms 19:10; Psalms 119:103; Song of Songs 5:1; Isaiah 7:15]
  • 16. Song of Songs 4:11
  • 17. See Proverbs 23:18
  • 18. Psalms 10:9, 10

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The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.