Proverbs 27:5-15

5 melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus

6 meliora sunt vulnera diligentis quam fraudulenta odientis oscula

7 anima saturata calcabit favum anima esuriens et amarum pro dulce sumet

8 sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo sic vir qui relinquit locum suum

9 unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur

10 amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die adflictionis tuae melior est vicinus iuxta quam frater procul

11 stude sapientiae fili mi et laetifica cor meum ut possim exprobranti respondere sermonem

12 astutus videns malum absconditus est parvuli transeuntes sustinuere dispendia

13 tolle vestimentum eius qui spopondit pro extraneo et pro alienis auferto pignus

14 qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit

15 tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier conparantur

Proverbs 27:5-15 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.