Proverbs 19:13-23

13 ¹A foolish son is ruin to his father, and ²a wife’s quarreling is ³a continual dripping of rain.

14 ⁴House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is ⁵from the Lord.

15 ⁶Slothfulness casts into ⁷a deep sleep, and ⁸an idle person will suffer hunger.

16 Whoever ⁹keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die.

17 ¹⁰Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he ¹¹will repay him for his ¹²deed.

18 ¹³Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on ¹⁴putting him to death.

19 A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in ¹⁵the future.

21 ¹⁶Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but ¹⁷it is the purpose of the Lord ¹⁸that will stand.

22 What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.

23 The fear of the Lord ¹⁹leads to life, and whoever has it rests ²⁰satisfied; he will ²¹not be visited by harm.

Proverbs 19:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 8

This chapter gives an account of the introduction of the ark into the temple, 1Ki 8:1-9 of the glory of the Lord filling it, 1Ki 8:10,11 of a speech Solomon made to the people concerning the building of the temple, and how he came to be engaged in it, 1Ki 8:12-21, of a prayer of his he put up on this occasion, requesting, that what supplications soever were made at any time, or on any account, by Israelites or strangers, might be accepted by the Lord, 1Ki 8:22-53, and of his blessing the people of Israel at the close of it, with some useful exhortations, 1Ki 8:54-61, and of the great number of sacrifices offered up by him, and the feast he made for the people, upon which he dismissed them, 1Ki 8:62-66.

Cross References

• 1. 19:13 ch. 10:1; 17:21
• 2. 19:13 See ch. 21:9
• 3. 19:13 ch. 27:15
• 4. 19:14 [2 Cor. 12:14]
• 5. 19:14 ch. 18:22
• 6. 19:15 See ch. 6:9-11
• 7. 19:15 Job 4:13
• 8. 19:15 [ch. 10:4; 20:4, 13; 23:21]
• 9. 19:16 [ch. 13:13; Luke 10:28]
• 10. 19:17 [ch. 22:9; 28:27; Eccles. 11:1; Matt. 10:42; Heb. 6:10]; See Deut. 15:7-10; Matt. 25:40; 2 Cor. 9:6-8
• 11. 19:17 [Luke 6:38]
• 12. 19:17 See ch. 12:14
• 13. 19:18 See ch. 13:24
• 14. 19:18 [ch. 23:13]; See Deut. 21:18-21
• 15. 19:20 Ps. 37:37
• 16. 19:21 Ps. 33:10, 11
• 17. 19:21 Job 23:13; Isa. 14:26, 27
• 18. 19:21 Isa. 46:10
• 19. 19:23 ch. 10:16; 11:19; [Isa. 38:5; Mark 10:30]
• 20. 19:23 [Ps. 25:13]
• 21. 19:23 [Lev. 26:6]