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Proverbs 17:3-13

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3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.[a]
6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7 Excellent[b] speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8 A gift is as a precious[c] stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh[d] love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10 A reproof entereth[e] more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall 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

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. unpunished: Heb. held innocent
  • [b]. Excellent...: Heb. A lip of excellency
  • [c]. a precious...: Heb. a stone of grace
  • [d]. seeketh: or, procureth
  • [e]. entereth...: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times
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