Proverbs 16:1-5

1 To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.

2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD.

3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

4 The LORD works out everything to its proper end— even the wicked for a day of disaster.

5 The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 16:1-5 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.

Cross References

• 1. ver 9; Proverbs 19:21
• 2. S Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 30:12
• 3. S 1 Samuel 2:3
• 4. S 2 Chronicles 6:30; Proverbs 20:27; Proverbs 21:2; Luke 16:15
• 5. S 2 Chronicles 20:20; S Psalms 20:4; Psalms 37:5-6; S Proverbs 3:5-6
• 6. Exodus 9:16; Isaiah 43:7
• 7. S 2 Chronicles 34:24; S Psalms 18:18; Romans 9:22
• 8. S Psalms 40:4; S Proverbs 6:16
• 9. Proverbs 11:20-21