Proverbs 19:3-13

3 As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart will rage.

4 Wealth adds many friends, but the poor will be left by his friends.

5 A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.

6 Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone [is] the friend of a man of gifts.

7 All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone.

8 He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding [loves] to find good.

9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will perish.

10 For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] for a slave to rule over princes.

11 The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.

12 The rage of a king growls like a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.

Proverbs 19:3-13 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]. Or "mind"
• [b]. Hebrew "gift"
• [c]. Or "[when] he pursues words [and] not them"
• [d]. Or "soul," or "inner self"
• [e]. Literally "nostril"
• [f]. Or "wife"