Proverbs 19:8-18

8 ¹Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will ²discover good.

9 ³A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who ⁴breathes out lies will perish.

10 ⁵It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for ⁶a slave to rule over princes.

11 ⁷Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king's wrath is like ⁸the growling of a lion, but his ⁹favor is like ¹⁰dew on the grass.

13 ¹¹A foolish son is ruin to his father, and ¹²a wife's quarreling is ¹³a continual dripping of rain.

14 ¹⁴House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is ¹⁵from the LORD.

15 ¹⁶Slothfulness casts into ¹⁷a deep sleep, and ¹⁸an idle person will suffer hunger.

16 Whoever ¹⁹keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.

17 ²⁰Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he ²¹will repay him for his ²²deed.

18 ²³Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on ²⁴putting him to 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. [Proverbs 15:32]
• 2. Proverbs 16:20
• 3. [See ver. 5 above]
• 4. [See ver. 5 above]
• 5. [Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 26:1]
• 6. Proverbs 30:22; Ecclesiastes 10:6, 7
• 7. See Proverbs 14:29
• 8. Proverbs 20:2; [Proverbs 16:14, 15; Proverbs 28:15]
• 9. Proverbs 14:35
• 10. Psalms 133:3; Hosea 14:5; Micah 5:7
• 11. Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 17:21
• 12. See Proverbs 21:9
• 13. Proverbs 27:15
• 14. [2 Corinthians 12:14]
• 15. Proverbs 18:22
• 16. See Proverbs 6:9-11
• 17. Job 4:13
• 18. [Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 20:4, 13; Proverbs 23:21]
• 19. [Proverbs 13:13; Luke 10:28]
• 20. [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
• 21. [Luke 6:38]
• 22. See Proverbs 12:14
• 23. See Proverbs 13:24
• 24. [Proverbs 23:13]; See Deuteronomy 21:18-21