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Proverbs 16:3-13

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3 1Commit your works to the LORD And your plans will be established.
4 The LORD 2has made everything for its own purpose, Even the 3wicked for the day of evil.
5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.
6 By 4lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for, And by the 5fear of the LORD one keeps away from evil.
7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, He 6makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8 Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice *.
9 The mind of 7man plans his way, But 8the LORD directs his steps.
10 A divine 9decision is in the lips of the king; His mouth should not err in judgment.
11 A 10just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts, For a 11throne is established on righteousness.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And he who speaks right is loved.
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Proverbs 16:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 6

This chapter gives an account of the building of the temple, for which preparations were before made and begins with the time of its building, 1Ki 6:1; gives the dimensions of it and the porch before it, 1Ki 6:2,3; observes the windows in it and chambers about it, 1Ki 6:4-10; and while it was building, Solomon had a word from the Lord relative to it, 1Ki 6:11-14; and then the account goes on concerning the walls of the house, and the flooring of it, 1Ki 6:15-18; and the oracle in it, and the cherubim in that, 1Ki 6:19-30; and the doors into it, and the carved work of them, 1Ki 6:31-36; and the chapter is concluded with observing the time when it was begun and finished 1Ki 6:37,38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. Psalms 37:5; Psalms 55:22; Proverbs 3:6; 1 Peter 5:7
  • 2. Genesis 1:31; Ecclesiastes 3:11
  • 3. Romans 9:22
  • 4. Daniel 4:27; Luke 11:41
  • 5. Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 14:16
  • 6. Genesis 33:4; 2 Chronicles 17:10
  • 7. Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 19:21
  • 8. Psalms 37:23; Proverbs 20:24; Jeremiah 10:23
  • 9. 1 Kings 3:28
  • 10. Proverbs 11:1
  • 11. Proverbs 25:5

Footnotes 6

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