Proverbs 16:27-33

27 A worthless person digs up evil [gossip] it is like scorching fire on his lips.

28 A deceitful person stirs up strife, and a slanderer can separate even close friends.

29 A violent man lures his neighbor astray and leads him into evil ways.

30 One who winks knowingly is planning deceit; one who pinches his lips together has already done wrong.

31 White hair is a crown of honor obtained by righteous living.

32 He who controls his temper is better than a war hero, he who rules his spirit better than he who captures a city.

33 One can cast lots into one's lap, but the decision comes from ADONAI.

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.