Proverbs 17:22-28

22 A cheerful heart makes you healthy. But a broken spirit dries you up.

23 Anyone who does wrong accepts favors in secret. Then he turns what is right into wrong.

24 Anyone who understands what is right keeps wisdom in view. But the eyes of a foolish person look everywhere else.

25 A foolish child makes his father sad and his mother sorry.

26 It isn't good to punish those who aren't guilty. It isn't good to whip officials just because they are honest.

27 Anyone who has knowledge controls his words. A man who has understanding is not easily upset.

28 We think even a foolish person is wise if he keeps silent. We think he understands what is right if he controls his tongue.

Proverbs 17:22-28 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.