Proverbs 16:24-33

24 Pleasant sayings [are] a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.

25 There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.

26 The life of a worker works for him, for his {hunger} urges him.

27 A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips [are] like a scorching fire.

28 A person of perversity will spread dissent, and he who whispers separates a close friend.

29 A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way [that is] not good.

30 He who winks his eyes [does so in order] to plan perverse things; he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass.

31 A crown of glory is gray hair; by a righteous life it is gained.

32 He who is slow to anger [is] better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

33 The lot will be cast into the lap, but all of its decisions are from Yahweh.

Proverbs 16:24-33 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "to the face of"
• [b]. Or "soul," or "inner self"
• [c]. Literally "mouth"
• [d]. Literally "nostrils"