Proverbs 24:1-7

1 Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them.

2 For their minds will devise violence, and their lips will speak mischief.

3 By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.

4 And by knowledge, rooms are filled [with] all riches, precious and pleasant.

5 The warrior of wisdom [is] in strength, and a man of knowledge is strong [in] power.

6 For with wise guidance you shall make war for yourself, and victory [is] in an abundance of counsel.

7 Wisdom [is too] high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.

Proverbs 24:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12

This chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1,2, the people's request to Rehoboam to be eased of their taxes, as the condition of making him king, 1Ki 12:3,4, his answer to them, after three days, having had the advice both of the old and young men, which latter he followed, and gave in a rough answer, 1Ki 12:5-15, upon which ten tribes revolted from him, and two abode by him, 1Ki 12:16-20, wherefore he meditated a war against the ten tribes, but was forbid by the Lord to engage in it, 1Ki 12:21-24 and Jeroboam, in order to establish his kingdom, and preserve the people from a revolt to the house of David, because of the temple worship at Jerusalem, devised a scheme of idolatrous worship in his own territories, 1Ki 12:25-33.