Proverbs 25
Similitudes, Instructions
1These also are aproverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed. 2It is the glory of God to bconceal a matter,But the glory of ckings is to search out a matter.
3 As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4Take away the ddross from the silver,
And there comes out a vessel for the esmith;
5Take away the fwicked before the king,
And his gthrone will be established in righteousness.
6Do not claim honor in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of great men;
7For hit is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.
8Do not go out ihastily to ▼
▼ Lit contend
argue your case;▼
▼ Lit Lest
Otherwise, what will you do in ▼▼ Lit its
the end,When your neighbor humiliates you?
9 ▼
▼ Lit Contend
,
nArgue your case with your neighbor,And odo not reveal the secret of another,
10Or he who hears it will reproach you,
And the evil report about you will not ▼
▼ Lit return
pass away.11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a qword spoken in ▼
▼ Lit its
right circumstances.12 Like ▼
▼ Or a nose ring
an tearring of gold and an uornament of vfine goldIs a wise reprover to a wlistening ear.
13Like the cold of snow in the ▼
▼ Lit day
time of harvestIs a yfaithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
14 Like zclouds and aawind without rain
Is a man who boasts ▼
▼ Lit in a gift of falsehood
of his gifts falsely.15By ▼
▼ Lit length of anger
,
adforbearance a ruler may be persuaded,And a soft tongue breaks the bone.
16Have you aefound honey? Eat only ▼
▼ Lit your sufficiency
what you need,That you not have it in excess and vomit it.
17Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Or he will become ▼
▼ Lit surfeited with
weary of you and hate you.18 Like a club and a ahsword and a sharp aiarrow
Is a man who bears ajfalse witness against his neighbor.
19 Like a bad tooth and ▼
▼ Lit a slipping foot
an unsteady footIs confidence in a alfaithless man in time of trouble.
20 Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on ▼
▼ I.e. natron
soda,Is he who sings songs to ▼
▼ Lit an evil
a troubled heart.21 aoIf ▼
▼ Lit one who hates you
your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22For you will ▼
▼ Lit snatch up
heap burning coals on his head,And arthe Lord will reward you.
23The north wind brings forth rain,
And a ▼
▼ Lit tongue of secrecy
,
atbackbiting tongue, an angry countenance.24It is aubetter to live in a corner of the roof
Than ▼
▼ Lit with a woman of contentions and a house of association
in a house shared with a contentious woman.25 Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is awgood news from a distant land.
26 Like a axtrampled spring and a ▼
▼ Lit ruined
polluted wellIs a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
27It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glory to azsearch out ▼
▼ Lit their
one’s own glory.28 Like a bbcity that is broken into and without walls
Is a man bcwho has no control over his spirit.
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