Proverbs 17:1-6

1 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.

2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

5 Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

6 Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

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Proverbs 17:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. S Proverbs 15:16,17; S Proverbs 16:8
2. Proverbs 27:21
3. S 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 26:2; S Psalms 139:23; 1 Peter 1:7; Jeremiah 17:10
4. S Job 5:16
5. Proverbs 14:31
6. S Job 31:29
7. Ezekiel 25:3; Obadiah 1:12
8. S Psalms 128:5-6; Proverbs 13:22

Proverbs 17:1-6

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Proverbs 17:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

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