Merry Heart
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22
A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
23
A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
24
A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
26
To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.
27
He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
28
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
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Proverbs 17:22-28 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7
This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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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.
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