Proverbs 27:22-27

22 If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.

23 You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds.

24 For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.

25 When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear, and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered.

26 Lambs [will be] your clothing, and goats the price of the field.

27 And [there will be] enough goats' milk for your food, for [the] food of your household and [the] {nourishment} of your maidservants.

Proverbs 27:22-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "in the midst of"
• [b]. Literally "faces"
• [c]. Or "mind"
• [d]. Literally "life"