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