Proverbs 19:9-19

9 The false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.

10 Delight is not suitable for a fool; much less for a slave to have rule over princes.

11 The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

13 A foolish son is a pain unto his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

14 House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but the prudent wife is from the LORD.

15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the negligent soul shall suffer hunger.

16 He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he that despises his ways shall die.

17 He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.

18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, but do not stir up thy soul to destroy him.

19 A man of great wrath shall suffer the consequences, for even if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Proverbs 19:9-19 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.