Proverbs 19:12-22

12 A king's wrath is like ¹the growling of a lion, but his ²favor is like ³dew on the grass.

13 ⁴A foolish son is ruin to his father, and ⁵a wife's quarreling is ⁶a continual dripping of rain.

14 ⁷House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is ⁸from the LORD.

15 ⁹Slothfulness casts into ¹⁰a deep sleep, and ¹¹an idle person will suffer hunger.

16 Whoever ¹²keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.

17 ¹³Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he ¹⁴will repay him for his ¹⁵deed.

18 ¹⁶Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on ¹⁷putting 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 ¹⁸the future.

21 ¹⁹Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but ²⁰it is the purpose of the LORD ²¹ that will stand.

22 What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.

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