Proverbes 24:1-6

1 Ne porte pas envie aux hommes méchants, Et ne désire pas être avec eux;

2 Car leur coeur médite la ruine, Et leurs lèvres parlent d'iniquité.

3 C'est par la sagesse qu'une maison s'élève, Et par l'intelligence qu'elle s'affermit;

4 C'est par la science que les chambres se remplissent De tous les biens précieux et agréables.

5 Un homme sage est plein de force, Et celui qui a de la science affermit sa vigueur;

6 Car tu feras la guerre avec prudence, Et le salut est dans le grand nombre des conseillers.

Proverbes 24:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12

This chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1,2, the people's request to Rehoboam to be eased of their taxes, as the condition of making him king, 1Ki 12:3,4, his answer to them, after three days, having had the advice both of the old and young men, which latter he followed, and gave in a rough answer, 1Ki 12:5-15, upon which ten tribes revolted from him, and two abode by him, 1Ki 12:16-20, wherefore he meditated a war against the ten tribes, but was forbid by the Lord to engage in it, 1Ki 12:21-24 and Jeroboam, in order to establish his kingdom, and preserve the people from a revolt to the house of David, because of the temple worship at Jerusalem, devised a scheme of idolatrous worship in his own territories, 1Ki 12:25-33.