Proverbs 17:1-8

1 melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio

2 servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis et inter fratres hereditatem dividet

3 sicut igne probatur argentum et aurum camino ita corda probat Dominus

4 malus oboedit linguae iniquae et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus

5 qui despicit pauperem exprobrat factori eius et qui in ruina laetatur alterius non erit inpunitus

6 corona senum filii filiorum et gloria filiorum patres sui

7 non decent stultum verba conposita nec principem labium mentiens

8 gemma gratissima expectatio praestolantis quocumque se verterit prudenter intellegit

Proverbs 17:1-8 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.