Proverbs 19:6-16

6 ¹Many will seek the favor of a generous man, And every man is a friend to him who ²gives gifts.

7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him; How much * more do his ³friends abandon him! He ⁴pursues them with words, but they are gone.

8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will ⁵find good.

9 A ⁶false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.

10 Luxury is ⁷not fitting for a fool; Much * less for a ⁸slave to rule over princes.

11 A man's ⁹discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory ¹⁰to overlook a transgression.

12 The ¹¹king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like ¹²dew on the grass.

13 A ¹³foolish son is destruction to his father, And the ¹⁴contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

14 House and wealth are an ¹⁵inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15 ¹⁶Laziness casts into a deep sleep, And an idle man will suffer hunger.

16 He who ¹⁷keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is careless of conduct will die.

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Proverbs 19:6-16 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 17

1. Proverbs 29:26
2. Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 21:14
3. Psalms 38:11
4. Proverbs 18:23
5. Proverbs 16:20
6. Proverbs 19:5; Daniel 6:24
7. Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 26:1; Ecclesiastes 10:6, 7
8. Proverbs 30:22
9. Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 16:32
10. Matthew 5:44; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13
11. Proverbs 16:14
12. Genesis 27:28; Deuteronomy 33:28; Psalms 133:3; Hosea 14:5; Micah 5:7
13. Proverbs 17:25
14. Proverbs 21:9, 19; Proverbs 27:15
15. 2 Corinthians 12:14
16. Proverbs 6:9, 10; Proverbs 24:33
17. Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 16:17; Luke 10:28; Luke 11:28

Footnotes 7

[a]. Or "noble"
[b]. Lit "not"
[c]. Lit "heart"
[d]. Lit "breathes"
[e]. Lit "soul"
[f]. Lit "despises"
[g]. Lit "ways"