Proverbs 19:7-17

7 All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

8 He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

9 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

11 A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

12 The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

13 A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

14 House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

16 He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

Proverbs 19:7-17 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.