Proverbs 19:1-11

On Life and Conduct

1 ¹Better is a poor man who ²walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.

2 Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, And he who hurries ³his footsteps errs.

3 The ⁴foolishness of man ruins his way, And his heart ⁵rages against the LORD.

4 ⁶Wealth adds many friends, But a poor man is separated from his friend.

5 A ⁷false witness will not go unpunished, And he who ⁸tells lies will not escape.

6 ⁹Many will seek the favor of a generous man, And every man is a friend to him who ¹⁰gives gifts.

7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him; How much * more do his ¹¹friends abandon him! He ¹²pursues them with words, but they are gone.

8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will ¹³find good.

9 A ¹⁴false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.

10 Luxury is ¹⁵not fitting for a fool; Much * less for a ¹⁶slave to rule over princes.

11 A man's ¹⁷discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory ¹⁸to overlook a transgression.

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Proverbs 19:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 8

This chapter gives an account of the introduction of the ark into the temple, 1Ki 8:1-9 of the glory of the Lord filling it, 1Ki 8:10,11 of a speech Solomon made to the people concerning the building of the temple, and how he came to be engaged in it, 1Ki 8:12-21, of a prayer of his he put up on this occasion, requesting, that what supplications soever were made at any time, or on any account, by Israelites or strangers, might be accepted by the Lord, 1Ki 8:22-53, and of his blessing the people of Israel at the close of it, with some useful exhortations, 1Ki 8:54-61, and of the great number of sacrifices offered up by him, and the feast he made for the people, upon which he dismissed them, 1Ki 8:62-66.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 18

1. Proverbs 28:6
2. Psalms 26:11; Proverbs 14:2; Proverbs 20:7
3. Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 28:20; Proverbs 29:20
4. Proverbs 11:3
5. Isaiah 8:21
6. Proverbs 14:20
7. Exodus 23:1; Deuteronomy 19:16-19; Proverbs 19:9; Proverbs 21:28
8. Proverbs 6:19
9. Proverbs 29:26
10. Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 21:14
11. Psalms 38:11
12. Proverbs 18:23
13. Proverbs 16:20
14. Proverbs 19:5; Daniel 6:24
15. Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 26:1; Ecclesiastes 10:6, 7
16. Proverbs 30:22
17. Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 16:32
18. Matthew 5:44; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13

Footnotes 8

[a]. Lit "his lips"
[b]. Lit "with his feet"
[c]. Lit "sins"
[d]. Lit "breathes"
[e]. Or "noble"
[f]. Lit "not"
[g]. Lit "heart"
[h]. Lit "breathes"