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Proverbs 16:27-33
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Scoundrels create trouble; their words are a destructive blaze.
28
A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.
29
Violent people mislead their companions, leading them down a harmful path.
30
With narrowed eyes, people plot evil; with a smirk, they plan their mischief.
31
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life.
32
Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city.
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We may throw the dice, but the LORD determines how they fall.
Proverbs 16:27-33 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 6
This chapter gives an account of the building of the temple, for which preparations were before made and begins with the time of its building, 1Ki 6:1; gives the dimensions of it and the porch before it, 1Ki 6:2,3; observes the windows in it and chambers about it, 1Ki 6:4-10; and while it was building, Solomon had a word from the Lord relative to it, 1Ki 6:11-14; and then the account goes on concerning the walls of the house, and the flooring of it, 1Ki 6:15-18; and the oracle in it, and the cherubim in that, 1Ki 6:19-30; and the doors into it, and the carved work of them, 1Ki 6:31-36; and the chapter is concluded with observing the time when it was begun and finished 1Ki 6:37,38.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 1
- [a]. Hebrew We may cast lots.
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