Proverbs 29:6-16

6 Evil people fall into their own traps; good people run the other way, glad to escape.

7 The good-hearted understand what it's like to be poor; the hardhearted haven't the faintest idea.

8 A gang of cynics can upset a whole city; a group of sages can calm everyone down.

9 A sage trying to work things out with a fool gets only scorn and sarcasm for his trouble.

10 Murderers hate honest people; moral folks encourage them.

11 A fool lets it all hang out; a sage quietly mulls it over.

12 When a leader listens to malicious gossip, all the workers get infected with evil.

13 The poor and their abusers have at least something in common: they can both see - their sight, God's gift!

14 Leadership gains authority and respect when the voiceless poor are treated fairly.

15 Wise discipline imparts wisdom; spoiled adolescents embarrass their parents.

16 When degenerates take charge, crime runs wild, but the righteous will eventually observe their collapse.

Proverbs 29:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 16

This chapter contains a prophecy of the ruin of the family of Baasha, and an account of his death, 1Ki 16:1-7, and of his son's reigning in his stead two years, who was slain by Zimri one of his captains, 1Ki 16:8-14, and who reigned but seven days, 1Ki 16:15-20, and the people being divided between Tibni and Omri, the party for the latter prevailed, and he was made king, and reigned twelve years, 1Ki 16:21-28, and was succeeded by his son Ahab, a very wicked prince, 1Ki 16:29-33, and the chapter is concluded with the rebuilding of Jericho, 1Ki 16:34.