Proverbs 16:10-30

10 The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth does not betray justice.

11 Honest scales and balances belong to the LORD; all the weights in the bag are of his making.

12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established through righteousness.

13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks what is right.

14 A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it.

15 When a king’s face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!

17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.

20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,^[a]and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.

21 The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction.^[b]

22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools.

23 The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction.^[c]

24 Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

25 There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

26 The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on.

27 A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.

28 A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

29 A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good.

30 Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity; whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.

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Proverbs 16:10-30 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

Cross References 30

1. Proverbs 17:7
2. S Proverbs 11:1; Ezekiel 45:10
3. Proverbs 26:28; Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 29:14; Proverbs 31:5
4. Proverbs 22:11; Proverbs 14:35
5. S Genesis 40:2; S Job 29:24; Proverbs 20:2; Proverbs 19:12
6. Proverbs 25:15; Proverbs 29:8; Ecclesiastes 10:4
7. S Genesis 40:2; S Job 29:24
8. Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 25:2-7
9. Psalms 49:20
10. S Job 28:15; S Proverbs 3:13-14; Proverbs 8:10,19
11. Proverbs 19:16
12. S 1 Samuel 17:42
13. Psalms 18:27; Isaiah 13:11; Jeremiah 48:29
14. S Esther 5:12; Proverbs 11:2; S Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 29:23
15. Proverbs 13:13
16. S Psalms 32:10; Psalms 40:4; Psalms 2:12; Psalms 34:8; Proverbs 19:8; Proverbs 29:25; Jeremiah 17:7
17. ver 23
18. S Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 13:14
19. Job 15:5
20. ver 21
21. S 1 Samuel 14:27
22. Proverbs 24:13-14
23. S Proverbs 12:15
24. Esther 3:6; Proverbs 14:12
25. S Psalms 140:2
26. James 3:6
27. S Proverbs 14:17; Proverbs 15:18
28. Proverbs 17:9
29. S Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 12:26
30. S Proverbs 6:13

Footnotes 3

[a]. Or "whoever speaks prudently finds what is good"
[b]. Or "words make a person persuasive"
[c]. Or "prudent" / "and make their lips persuasive"