Proverbs 27:9-19

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.

13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and take a pledge of him that is surety for a strange woman.

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.

Proverbs 27:9-19 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.