Proverbs 17:1-6

1 Better a dry piece of bread with calm than a house full of food but also full of strife.

2 An intelligent slave will rule a shameful son and share the inheritance with the brothers.

3 The crucible [tests] silver, and the furnace [tests] gold, but the one who tests hearts is ADONAI.

4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips; a liar listens to destructive talk.

5 He who mocks the poor insults his maker; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, while the glory of children is their ancestors.

Proverbs 17:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.