Proverbs 27:16-26

16 Stopping her is like stopping the wind or trying to grab oil in your hand.

17 As iron sharpens iron, so people can improve each other.

18 Whoever tends a fig tree gets to eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will receive honor.

19 As water reflects your face, so your mind shows what kind of person you are.

20 People will never stop dying and being destroyed, and they will never stop wanting more than they have.

21 A hot furnace tests silver and gold, and people are tested by the praise they receive.

22 Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl, you couldn't remove the foolishness.

23 Be sure you know how your sheep are doing, and pay attention to the condition of your cattle.

24 Riches will not go on forever, nor do governments go on forever.

25 Bring in the hay, and let the new grass appear. Gather the grass from the hills.

26 Make clothes from the lambs' wool, and sell some goats to buy a field.

Proverbs 27:16-26 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.