Proverbs 27:14-24

14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

15 A continual dripping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

16 Whosoever hides her hides the wind, because the oil in his right hand cries out.

17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

18 Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof, so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.

19 As in water face corresponds to face, so the heart of man to man.

20 Sheol and hell are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

21 As the fining pot tries the silver and the furnace the gold; so the man is tried by the mouth of whoever praises him.

22 Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

23 Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, and put thy heart into thy herds.

24 For riches are not for ever, and does the crown endure to every generation?

Proverbs 27:14-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.