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Proverbs 15:16-26
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Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
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Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
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Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention.
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The way of the lazy is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
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A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.
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Folly is a joy to one who has no sense, but a person of understanding walks straight ahead.
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Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.
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To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!
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For the wise the path of life leads upward, in order to avoid Sheol below.
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The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but maintains the widow's boundaries.
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Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure.
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Proverbs 15:16-26 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 5
This chapter relates Solomon's preparation for building the temple: on Hiram, king of Tyre, sending a congratulatory letter to him, he returned another to him, signifying his intention to build an house for God, and requesting him to supply him with timber, and men to work it, 1Ki 5:1-6; to which Hiram readily agreed, and sent him cedar and fir, and Solomon in return sent him food for his household; and things went on very amicably between them, 1Ki 5:7-12; the chapter concludes with an account of Solomon's workmen, where, how, and in what they were employed, 1Ki 5:13-18.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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