Proverbs 19:7-17

7 A poor man's relatives all hate him; even more his friends stay away from him. He may pursue them with entreaties, but they aren't there to be found.

8 To acquire good sense is to love oneself; to treasure discernment is to prosper.

9 A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will perish.

10 It isn't fitting for a fool to live in luxury, and even less for a slave to govern princes.

11 People with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13 A son who is a fool is his father's ruin, and a nagging wife is like a leak that keeps dripping.

14 A house and wealth are inherited from ancestors, but a sensible wife is from ADONAI.

15 Laziness makes people fall asleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

16 He who keeps a mitzvah keeps himself safe, but he who doesn't care how he lives will die.

17 He who is kind to the poor is lending to ADONAI; and he will repay him for his good deed.

Proverbs 19:7-17 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.