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Proverbs 16:1-8
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The plans of the mind belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
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All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit.
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Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
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The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
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Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
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By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.
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When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
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Proverbs 16:1-8 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 6
This chapter gives an account of the building of the temple, for which preparations were before made and begins with the time of its building, 1Ki 6:1; gives the dimensions of it and the porch before it, 1Ki 6:2,3; observes the windows in it and chambers about it, 1Ki 6:4-10; and while it was building, Solomon had a word from the Lord relative to it, 1Ki 6:11-14; and then the account goes on concerning the walls of the house, and the flooring of it, 1Ki 6:15-18; and the oracle in it, and the cherubim in that, 1Ki 6:19-30; and the doors into it, and the carved work of them, 1Ki 6:31-36; and the chapter is concluded with observing the time when it was begun and finished 1Ki 6:37,38.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.