Proverbs 25
Authorized King James Version (1769) with AI Commentary
1These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.🔗🔍
2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.🔗🔍
3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.🔗🔍
4Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.🔗🔍
5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.🔗🔍
6Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:🔗🔍
7For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.🔗🔍
8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.🔗🔍
9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:🔗🔍
10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.🔗🔍
11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.🔗🔍
12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.🔗🔍
13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.🔗🔍
14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.🔗🔍
15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.🔗🔍
16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.🔗🔍
17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.🔗🔍
18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.🔗🔍
19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.🔗🔍
20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.🔗🔍
21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:🔗🔍
22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.🔗🔍
23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.🔗🔍
24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.🔗🔍
25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.🔗🔍
26A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.🔗🔍
27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.🔗🔍
28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.🔗🔍
2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.🔗🔍
3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.🔗🔍
4Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.🔗🔍
5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.🔗🔍
6Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:🔗🔍
7For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.🔗🔍
8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.🔗🔍
9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:🔗🔍
10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.🔗🔍
11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.🔗🔍
12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.🔗🔍
13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.🔗🔍
14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.🔗🔍
15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.🔗🔍
16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.🔗🔍
17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.🔗🔍
18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.🔗🔍
19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.🔗🔍
20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.🔗🔍
21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:🔗🔍
22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.🔗🔍
23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.🔗🔍
24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.🔗🔍
25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.🔗🔍
26A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.🔗🔍
27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.🔗🔍
28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.🔗🔍
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