Proverbs 19:1-9

1 melior est pauper qui ambulat in simplicitate sua quam torquens labia insipiens

2 ubi non est scientia animae non est bonum et qui festinus est pedibus offendit

3 stultitia hominis subplantat gressus eius et contra Deum fervet animo suo

4 divitiae addunt amicos plurimos a paupere autem et hii quos habuit separantur

5 testis falsus non erit inpunitus et qui mendacia loquitur non effugiet

6 multi colunt personam potentis et amici sunt dona tribuenti

7 fratres hominis pauperis oderunt eum insuper et amici procul recesserunt ab eo qui tantum verba sectatur nihil habebit

8 qui autem possessor est mentis diligit animam suam et custos prudentiae inveniet bona

9 testis falsus non erit inpunitus et qui loquitur mendacia peribit

Proverbs 19:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 8

This chapter gives an account of the introduction of the ark into the temple, 1Ki 8:1-9 of the glory of the Lord filling it, 1Ki 8:10,11 of a speech Solomon made to the people concerning the building of the temple, and how he came to be engaged in it, 1Ki 8:12-21, of a prayer of his he put up on this occasion, requesting, that what supplications soever were made at any time, or on any account, by Israelites or strangers, might be accepted by the Lord, 1Ki 8:22-53, and of his blessing the people of Israel at the close of it, with some useful exhortations, 1Ki 8:54-61, and of the great number of sacrifices offered up by him, and the feast he made for the people, upon which he dismissed them, 1Ki 8:62-66.