Proverbs 17:1-7

Contrast the Upright and the Wicked

1 ¹Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.

2 A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, And will share in the inheritance among brothers.

3 The ²refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But ³the LORD tests hearts.

4 An ⁴evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

5 He who mocks the ⁵poor taunts his Maker; He who ⁶rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

6 ⁷Grandchildren are the crown of old men, And the ⁸glory of sons is their fathers.

7 ⁹Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much * less are ¹⁰lying lips to a prince.

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Proverbs 17:1-7 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 10

1. Proverbs 15:17
2. Proverbs 27:21
3. 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 26:2; Proverbs 15:11; Jeremiah 17:10; Malachi 3:3
4. Proverbs 14:15
5. Proverbs 14:31
6. Job 31:29; Proverbs 24:17; Obadiah 12
7. Genesis 48:11; Proverbs 13:22
8. Exodus 20:12; Malachi 1:6
9. Proverbs 24:7
10. Psalms 31:18; Proverbs 12:22

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "sacrifices of strife"
[b]. Lit "falsehood"
[c]. Lit "A lip of abundance"