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Proverbs 27:4-14

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4 Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But 1who can stand before jealousy?
5 Better is 2open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
6 Faithful are the 3wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the 4kisses of an enemy.
7 A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a 5bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who 6wanders from his home.
9 7Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's counsel is sweet to his friend.
10 Do not forsake your own 8friend or 9your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
11 10Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may 11reply * to him who reproaches me.
12 A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and pay the penalty.
13 12Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
14 13He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him.
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Proverbs 27:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

  • 1. Proverbs 6:34; 1 John 3:12
  • 2. Proverbs 28:23; Galatians 2:14
  • 3. Psalms 141:5; Proverbs 20:30
  • 4. Matthew 26:49
  • 5. Proverbs 26:2; Isaiah 16:2
  • 6. Genesis 21:14
  • 7. Psalms 23:5; Psalms 141:5
  • 8. Proverbs 18:24
  • 9. 1 Kings 12:6-8; 2 Chronicles 10:6-8
  • 10. Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 23:15; Proverbs 29:3
  • 11. Psalms 119:42
  • 12. Proverbs 20:16
  • 13. Psalms 12:2

Footnotes 8

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