Proverbs 19:8-18

8 The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.

9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.

10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

11 A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.

17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.

18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.

Proverbs 19:8-18 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. S Proverbs 16:20
• 2. S ver 5; S Deuteronomy 19:19
• 3. Proverbs 26:1
• 4. Proverbs 30:21-23; Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
• 5. S 2 Kings 5:12; Proverbs 16:32
• 6. Proverbs 20:2
• 7. S Psalms 133:3
• 8. S Esther 1:12; S Esther 7:7; Psalms 72:5-6; Proverbs 16:14-15
• 9. S Proverbs 10:1
• 10. S Esther 1:18; Proverbs 21:9
• 11. 2 Corinthians 12:14
• 12. S Proverbs 18:22
• 13. S Proverbs 6:9; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 20:13
• 14. S Proverbs 16:17; Luke 10:28; S Romans 10:5
• 15. S Deuteronomy 24:14
• 16. S Deuteronomy 24:19; Proverbs 14:21; Proverbs 22:9; S Matthew 10:42; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8
• 17. S Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 23:13-14