Proverbs 19:20-29

20 Listen [to] advice and accept instruction so that you will gain wisdom for your {future}.

21 Many plans [are] in the heart of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.

22 The craving of a man [is] his steadfast loyalty, and [it is] better [to be] poor than a {liar}.

23 Fear of Yahweh [leads] to life; he who is filled [with it] will rest--he will not suffer harm.

24 A lazy person buries his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.

25 The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence, and reprove the intelligent [and] he will gain knowledge.

26 He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.

27 Cease to listen to instruction, my child, {and you will stray} from sayings of knowledge.

28 A worthless witness will mock justice, and the mouth of the wicked will devour iniquity.

29 Judgments are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.

Proverbs 19:20-29 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "after [things]"
• [b]. Or "mind"
• [c]. Literally "man of lying"
• [d]. Literally "[in order] to stray"
• [e]. Or "Punishments," or "Condemnations"