{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/kjv/pro025.htm","path":"bib/kjv/pro025.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/pro025.htm","text":"1\u00a0These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.\n \n2\u00a0It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.\n \n3\u00a0The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.\n \n4\u00a0Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.\n \n5\u00a0Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.\n \n6\u00a0Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:\n \n7\u00a0For 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.\n \n8\u00a0Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.\n \n9\u00a0Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:\n \n10\u00a0Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.\n \n11\u00a0A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.\n \n12\u00a0As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.\n \n13\u00a0As 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.\n \n14\u00a0Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.\n \n15\u00a0By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.\n \n16\u00a0Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.\n \n17\u00a0Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.\n \n18\u00a0A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.\n \n19\u00a0Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.\n \n20\u00a0As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.\n \n21\u00a0If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:\n \n22\u00a0For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.\n \n23\u00a0The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.\n \n24\u00a0It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.\n \n25\u00a0As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.\n \n26\u00a0A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.\n \n27\u00a0It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.\n \n28\u00a0He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.","title":"King James Version: Proverbs: Proverbs Chapter 25","type":"page"}