Proverbs 17:19-28

19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.

20 He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.

21 He who begets a fool, [there is] trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.

22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

23 The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, [in order] to pervert the ways of justice.

24 He who understands sets [his] face [toward] wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.

25 A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

26 Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, [nor] to flog nobles for uprightness.

27 He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

28 Even a fool who keeps silent {shall be considered wise}; he who closes his lips [is] intelligent.

Proverbs 17:19-28 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]. Or "mind"
• [b]. Or "land"
• [c]. Literally "wise, he shall be considered"