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Proverbs 25

1.THESE ARE ALSO PARABLES OF SALOMÓN, which the amen of Hezekiah King of Judáh bcopied out.
2.The glory of God is to cconceal a thing secret: but the dKing’s honour is to search out a thing.
3.The heavens in height, and the earth in deepness, and the eKing’s heart can no man search out.
4.Take the fdross from the silver, and there shall proceed a vessel for the finer.
5.Take gaway the wicked from the King, and his throne shalbe stablished in righteousness.
6.Boast not thy self before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.
7.*For it is better, that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, then thou to be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
8.Go not forth hastily to strife, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
9.Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discover not the secret to another,
10.Lest he that heareth it, put thee to shame, and thine infamy do not hcease.
11.A word spoken in his place, is like apples of gold with pictures of silver.
12.He that reproveth the wise, and the obedient: are, as an golden earring and an ornament of fine gold.
13.As the icold of the 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.A man that boasteth of false liberality, is like kclouds and wind without rain.
15.A prince is pacified by staying lof anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the mbones.
16.If thou have found honey, eat that is nsufficient for thee, lest thou be overfull, and vomit it.
17.Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house, lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
18.A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19.Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a sliding foot.
20.He that taketh away the garment in the cold season, is like vinegar poured upon o^nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
21.*If he that hateth thee be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink.
22.For thou shalt lay pcoals upon his head, and the Lord shall recompense thee.
23.As the Northwind driveth away the rain, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
24.*It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
25.As are the cold waters to a weary soul, so is good news from a far country.
26.A righteous man falling down before the wicked, is like a troubled well, and a corrupt spring.
27.It is not good to eat much honey: *so to search their own glory glory.
28.A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a city which is qbroken down, and without walls.

Notes

1-a.
Whom Hezekiah appointed for this purpose.
1-b.
That is gathered out of divers books of Solomon.
2-c.
God does not reveal the cause of his judgements to man.
2-d.
Because the King rules by the revealed word of God, the cause of his doings must appear, and therefore he must use diligence in trying out of causes.
3-e.
He shows that it is too hard for man to attain to the reason of all the secret doings of the King even when he is upright, and does his duty.
4-f.
When vice is removed from a King, he is a meet vessel for the Lord’s use.
5-g.
It is not enough that he be pure himself, but that he put away others that be corrupted.
7-*.
Luk. 14.10.
10-h.
Lest whereas you thought by this means to have an end of the matter, it put you to further trouble.
13-i.
In the time of great heat when men desire cold.
14-k.
Which have an outward appearance, and are nothing within.
15-l.
By not ministering occasion to provoke him farther.
15-m.
That is, the heart that is bent to anger, as Chap. 15.1.
16-n.
Use moderately the pleasures of this world.
20-^.
Or alum.
20-o.
Which melts it, and consumes it.
21-*.
Rom. 12.20.
22-p.
You shall as it were by force overcome him insomuch that his own conscience shall move him to acknowledge of the benefit, and his heart shall be inflamed.
24-*.
Chap. 21.9.
27-*.
Eccle. 3.22.
28-q.
And so is in extreme danger.