Proverbs 26:12-22

12 Do you see someone who thinks himself wise? There is more hope for a fool than for him!

13 The lazy person says, "There's a lion in the streets! A lion is roaming loose out there!"

14 The door turns on its hinges, and the lazy man on his bed.

15 The lazy person buries his hand in the dish but is too tired to return it to his mouth.

16 A lazy man is wiser in his own view than seven who can answer with sense.

17 Like someone who grabs a dog by the ears is a passer-by who mixes in a fight not his own.

18 Like a madman shooting deadly arrows and firebrands

19 is one who deceives another, then says, "It was just a joke."

20 If there's no wood, the fire goes out; if nobody gossips, contention stops.

21 As coals are to embers and wood to fire is a quarrelsome person to kindling strife.

22 A slanderer's words are tasty morsels; they slide right down into the belly.

Proverbs 26:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 13

In this chapter is an account of a man of God being sent to exclaim against Jeroboam's altar, and threaten its destruction, of which he gave a sign, which was accomplished, and with it the withering of the king's hand, which was healed upon the prophet's prayer for him, 1Ki 13:1-7, who would have entertained him at his house, but he refused the offer, and departed, 1Ki 13:8-10, but an old prophet in Bethel hearing of him, rode after him, and fetched him back to eat bread with him, through a lie he told him, 1Ki 13:11-19 upon which the word came to the old prophet, threatening the man of God with death for disobeying his command, and which was accordingly executed by a lion that met him in the way, and slew him, 1Ki 13:20-24, of which the old prophet being informed, went and took up his carcass, and buried it in his own sepulchre, where he charged his sons to bury him also when dead, believing that all the man of God had said would be fulfilled, 1Ki 13:25-30 and the chapter is closed with observing the continuance of Jeroboam in his idolatry, 1Ki 13:33,34.