Proverbs 27:2-12

2 Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is impetuous, but who is able to stand before envy?

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

10 Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father’s friend, neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity, for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad that I may answer him that reproaches me.

12 A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are hurt by it.

Proverbs 27:2-12 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.