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Proverbs 16:7-17
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When people’s lives please the LORD, even their enemies are at peace with them.
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Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest.
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We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.
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The king speaks with divine wisdom; he must never judge unfairly.
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The LORD demands accurate scales and balances; he sets the standards for fairness.
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A king detests wrongdoing, for his rule is built on justice.
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The king is pleased with words from righteous lips; he loves those who speak honestly.
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The anger of the king is a deadly threat; the wise will try to appease it.
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When the king smiles, there is life; his favor refreshes like a spring rain.
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How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgment than silver!
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The path of the virtuous leads away from evil; whoever follows that path is safe.
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Proverbs 16:7-17 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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