Proverbs 25

¹These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 1:11 Kgs 4:32Mic 1:1Eccl 12:9Hos 1:1Isa 1:1Isa 36:22Isa 37:2Prov 10:1

²It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 29:29Rom 11:33-34Job 11:7-8Job 38:4-39:30Job 42:31 Kgs 4:29-34Job 29:161 Kgs 3:9-28Ezra 4:15Ezra 4:19

³The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 4:29Isa 55:9Ps 103:111 Pet 1:7Isa 7:11Rom 8:39

⁴Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Tim 2:20-21Ezek 22:18Prov 17:3Isa 1:25-27Mal 3:2-31 Pet 1:7

⁵Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 16:12Prov 20:8Ps 101:7-8Isa 16:5Prov 20:281 Kgs 2:331 Kgs 2:46Esth 7:10Isa 9:7Prov 29:14

⁶Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 27:2Prov 16:19Prov 25:27Exod 3:11Ps 131:11 Sam 15:171 Sam 18:18-231 Sam 9:20-222 Sam 7:8-17Amos 7:12-15

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 14:7-11Luke 18:141 Pet 5:5Rev 4:1

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 5:25Prov 17:14Prov 18:6Prov 14:12Prov 30:332 Sam 2:26Jer 5:31Luke 14:31-322 Sam 2:14-162 Kgs 14:8-12

⁹Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 18:5-17Prov 11:13Prov 20:19

¹⁰Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹¹A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 15:23Isa 50:4Eccl 12:10Prov 24:26

¹²As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 141:5Prov 15:31-32Prov 15:5Prov 27:5-6Prov 9:81 Sam 25:31-34Job 42:11Prov 1:8-9Prov 20:12

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 13:17Prov 25:25Phil 2:25-30Prov 26:6

¹⁴Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 20:6Luke 14:112 Pet 2:15-19Jude 1:161 Kgs 22:112 Cor 11:13-182 Cor 11:31Jude 1:12-13Luke 18:10-14

¹⁵By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 15:1Eccl 10:4Prov 16:141 Sam 25:141 Sam 25:24-44Gen 32:4-21

¹⁶Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 25:27Eph 5:18Prov 24:13-141 Sam 14:25-27Isa 7:15Judg 14:8-9Luke 21:34

¹⁷Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹⁸A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 57:4Prov 12:18Jas 3:6Jer 9:8Jer 9:3Ps 120:3-4Prov 24:28Ps 140:3Ps 52:2Ps 55:21

¹⁹Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 36:6Ezek 29:6-7Job 6:14-202 Chr 28:20-212 Tim 4:16

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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rom 12:15Eccl 3:4Deut 24:12-17Isa 58:7Jas 2:15-16Dan 6:18Jas 5:15Job 24:7-10Prov 10:26Ps 137:3-4

²¹If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rom 12:20-21Matt 5:44Exod 23:4-5Prov 24:17Luke 10:33-362 Chr 28:152 Kgs 6:22

²²For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 16:12Matt 10:13

²³The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Cor 12:20Job 37:22Prov 26:20Ps 15:3Rom 1:30Ps 101:5

²⁴It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 21:19Prov 21:9Prov 27:15-16Prov 19:13

²⁵As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 15:30Rom 10:15Ps 63:1Exod 17:2-3Gen 21:16-19Luke 2:10-11Nah 1:15Rev 21:61 Tim 1:152 Sam 23:15

²⁶A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 34:18-191 Sam 22:14-181 Thess 2:152 Chr 24:21-22Acts 7:52Ezek 32:2Gen 4:8Matt 23:34-37Matt 26:69-74Rev 17:6

²⁷It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 5:44Prov 27:2Phil 2:32 Cor 12:12 Cor 12:11Prov 25:16

²⁸He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 16:32Prov 22:242 Chr 32:5Neh 1:31 Sam 20:301 Sam 25:17