'A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.' When pride cometh, then cometh shame. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. 'Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.' The liberal soul shall be made fat, 'and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.' As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman without discretion. 'He that winneth souls is wise.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory and Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary.

Context

Poetry · Solomon, Agur, Lemuel — Proverbs overview

A. 1–15 A False Balance, and the Shame That Follows Pride
B. 16–31 The Liberal Soul Shall Be Made Fat

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