Lectionary Calendar
Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Commentaries
Proverbs 17

Gray's Concise Bible CommentaryGray's Concise Commentary

Verses 1-28

In these chapters we have a series of exhortations to a life of godliness expressed in general terms about as follows:

1. Confidence in God as a wise ruler (chap. 16) 2. A disposition of peacefulness and contentment (chap. 17) 3. The virtues of affability, fidelity, and others of a social nature (chap. 18) 4. Humility and meekness (chap. 19) 5. Sobriety, diligence and kindness (chap. 21) 6. Justice, patience, submission (chap. 21) 7. The attainment and preservation of a good name (chap. 22) 8. Warnings against avarice, licentiousness, and similar vices (chap. 23) 9. Warnings against ungodly companionship (chap. 24)

Bibliographical Information
Gray, James. "Commentary on Proverbs 17". Gray's Concise Bible Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/jgc/proverbs-17.html. 1897-1910.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile