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Proverbs 25 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:1 - These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:2 - It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:3 - The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4 - Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:5 - Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:6 - Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:10 - Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:11 - A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:14 - As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:22 - For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 - As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 - Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:27 - It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:28 - He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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