Proverbs 26:5-15

5 responde stulto iuxta stultitiam suam ne sibi sapiens esse videatur

6 claudus pedibus et iniquitatem bibens qui mittit verba per nuntium stultum

7 quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola

8 sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem

9 quomodo si spina nascatur in manu temulenti sic parabola in ore stultorum

10 iudicium determinat causas et qui inponit stulto silentium iras mitigat

11 sicut canis qui revertitur ad vomitum suum sic inprudens qui iterat stultitiam suam

12 vidisti hominem sapientem sibi videri magis illo spem habebit stultus

13 dicit piger leaena in via leo in itineribus

14 sicut ostium vertitur in cardine suo ita piger in lectulo suo

15 abscondit piger manus sub ascellas suas et laborat si ad os suum eas converterit

Proverbs 26:5-15 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.