Proverbs 16:27-33

27 Worthless people dig up trouble; their lips are like a scorching fire.
28 Destructive people produce conflict; gossips alienate close friends.
29 Violent people entice their neighbors and walk them down a path that isn't good.
30 Those who wink their eye plot destruction; those who purse their lips plan evil.
31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is found on the path of righteousness.
32 Better to be patient than a warrior, and better to have self-control than to capture a city.
33 The dice are cast into the lap; all decisions are from the LORD.

Proverbs 16:27-33 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.

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