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Proverbs 21:5-15

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5 The plans of 1the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is 2hasty comes 3only to poverty.
6 4The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a 5fleeting 6vapor and a 7snare of death.[a]
7 The violence of the wicked will 8sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of the guilty 9is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
9 It is 10better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
11 When 11a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
12 The Righteous One 12observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
13 13Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
14 14A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe,[b] strong wrath.
15 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous 15but terror to evildoers.
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Proverbs 21:5-15 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

  • 1. Proverbs 10:4
  • 2. [Proverbs 19:2]
  • 3. [Proverbs 11:24; Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 22:16]
  • 4. Proverbs 20:21; See Proverbs 10:2
  • 5. [Proverbs 13:11]
  • 6. Job 13:25
  • 7. [Proverbs 8:36]
  • 8. [Jeremiah 30:23]
  • 9. [Proverbs 2:15]
  • 10. Proverbs 25:24; [ver. 19; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 27:15]
  • 11. Proverbs 19:25; See Psalms 1:1
  • 12. Psalms 37:35, 36
  • 13. [James 2:13]; See Matthew 18:30-34
  • 14. [Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 18:16]
  • 15. [Proverbs 10:29]

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
  • [b]. Hebrew a bribe in the bosom
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