Proverbs 17:1-6

1 Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife.

2 A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

3 A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.

4 He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, [and] the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.

5 He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

6 The crown of the elderly [are] {grandchildren}, and the glory of children [is] their fathers.

Proverbs 17:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons of sons"