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Proverbs 21:1-10

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1 The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He 1turns it wherever * * He wishes.
2 2Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD 3weighs the hearts.
3 To do 4righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The 5lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5 The plans of the 6diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone 7who is hasty comes surely to poverty.
6 The 8acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of 9death.
7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they 10refuse to act with justice.
8 The way of a guilty man is 11crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
9 It is better to live in a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; His 12neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
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Proverbs 21:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 12

  • 1. Ezra 6:22
  • 2. Proverbs 16:2
  • 3. Proverbs 16:2; Proverbs 24:12; Luke 16:15
  • 4. 1 Samuel 15:22; Proverbs 15:8; Is 1:11, 16, 17; Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:7, 8
  • 5. Proverbs 24:20; Luke 11:34
  • 6. Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4
  • 7. Proverbs 28:22
  • 8. Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 20:21
  • 9. Proverbs 8:36
  • 10. Amos 5:7; Micah 3:9
  • 11. Proverbs 2:15
  • 12. Psalms 52:3; Proverbs 2:14; Proverbs 14:21

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit "seekers"
  • [b] Lit "with a woman of contentions and a house of association"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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