Proverbs 16:16-26

16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver!

17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

18 Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

19 Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good, and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and health to the bones.

25 There are ways which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

26 He that laboreth, laboreth for himself, for his mouth craveth it of him.

Proverbs 16:16-26 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.