Proverbs 21:3-13

3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 A haughty look and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, are sin.

5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of everyone that is hasty, only to want.

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity which is tossed to and fro by them that seek death.

7 The robberies of the wicked shall destroy them, because they refuse to do judgment.

8 The way of man is froward and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a large house.

10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil; his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked, how God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall himself cry, but shall not be heard.

Proverbs 21:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.