Proverbs 19:11-21

11 ¹Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king's wrath is like ²the growling of a lion, but his ³favor is like ⁴dew on the grass.

13 ⁵A foolish son is ruin to his father, and ⁶a wife's quarreling is ⁷a continual dripping of rain.

14 ⁸House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is ⁹from the LORD.

15 ¹⁰Slothfulness casts into ¹¹a deep sleep, and ¹²an idle person will suffer hunger.

16 Whoever ¹³keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.

17 ¹⁴Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he ¹⁵will repay him for his ¹⁶deed.

18 ¹⁷Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on ¹⁸putting him to death.

19 A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in ¹⁹the future.

21 ²⁰Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but ²¹it is the purpose of the LORD ²² that will stand.

Proverbs 19:11-21 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.

Cross References

• 1. See Proverbs 14:29
• 2. Proverbs 20:2; [Proverbs 16:14, 15; Proverbs 28:15]
• 3. Proverbs 14:35
• 4. Psalms 133:3; Hosea 14:5; Micah 5:7
• 5. Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 17:21
• 6. See Proverbs 21:9
• 7. Proverbs 27:15
• 8. [2 Corinthians 12:14]
• 9. Proverbs 18:22
• 10. See Proverbs 6:9-11
• 11. Job 4:13
• 12. [Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 20:4, 13; Proverbs 23:21]
• 13. [Proverbs 13:13; Luke 10:28]
• 14. [Proverbs 22:9; Proverbs 28:27; Ecclesiastes 11:1; Matthew 10:42; Hebrews 6:10]; See Deuteronomy 15:7-10; Matthew 25:40; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8
• 15. [Luke 6:38]
• 16. See Proverbs 12:14
• 17. See Proverbs 13:24
• 18. [Proverbs 23:13]; See Deuteronomy 21:18-21
• 19. Psalms 37:37
• 20. Psalms 33:10, 11
• 21. Job 23:13; Isaiah 14:26, 27
• 22. Isaiah 46:10