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| The Book of Proverbs 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Basic English Online Bible (BEN) | ||||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:1 | These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:2 | It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:3 | The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:4 | Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:5 | Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:6 | Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great: | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:7 | For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:8 | Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame? | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:9 | Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another: | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:10 | Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:11 | A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:12 | Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:13 | As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:14 | As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:15 | A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:16 | If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:17 | Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:18 | One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:19 | Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:20 | Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:21 | If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water: | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:22 | For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:23 | As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:24 | It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:25 | As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:26 | Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:27 | It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 25:28 | He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into. | |||||||||||||||
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