Proverbs 19:1-9

1 It is better to be poor and honest than to be foolish and tell lies.

2 Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good. If you act too quickly, you might make a mistake.

3 People's own foolishness ruins their lives, but in their minds they blame the Lord.

4 Wealthy people are always finding more friends, but the poor lose all theirs.

5 A witness who lies will not go free; liars will never escape.

6 Many people want to please a leader, and everyone is friends with those who give gifts.

7 Poor people's relatives avoid them; even their friends stay far away. They run after them, begging, but they are gone.

8 Those who get wisdom do themselves a favor, and those who love learning will succeed.

9 A witness who lies will not go free, liars will die.

Proverbs 19:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 8

This chapter gives an account of the introduction of the ark into the temple, 1Ki 8:1-9 of the glory of the Lord filling it, 1Ki 8:10,11 of a speech Solomon made to the people concerning the building of the temple, and how he came to be engaged in it, 1Ki 8:12-21, of a prayer of his he put up on this occasion, requesting, that what supplications soever were made at any time, or on any account, by Israelites or strangers, might be accepted by the Lord, 1Ki 8:22-53, and of his blessing the people of Israel at the close of it, with some useful exhortations, 1Ki 8:54-61, and of the great number of sacrifices offered up by him, and the feast he made for the people, upon which he dismissed them, 1Ki 8:62-66.