Proverbs 16:28-33

28 ¹A dishonest man spreads strife, and ²a whisperer ³separates close friends.

29 A man of violence ⁴entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.

30 Whoever winks his eyes plans^{[a] 5}dishonest things; he who ⁶purses his lips brings evil to pass.

31 ⁷Gray hair is ⁸a crown of glory; it ⁹is gained in a righteous life.

32 ¹⁰Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

33 ¹¹The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is ¹²from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:28-33 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.

Cross References

• 1. 16:28 See ch. 15:18
• 2. 16:28 [ch. 18:8; 26:20, 22]
• 3. 16:28 ch. 17:9
• 4. 16:29 ch. 1:10
• 5. 16:30 See ch. 2:12
• 6. 16:30 [ch. 6:13]
• 7. 16:31 ch. 20:29
• 8. 16:31 ch. 17:6
• 9. 16:31 See ch. 3:1, 2
• 10. 16:32 ch. 14:29; [ch. 19:11; 25:28]
• 11. 16:33 [Acts 1:26]
• 12. 16:33 ch. 29:26

Footnotes

• [a] 16:30 Hebrew 'to plan'