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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: -- |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData The honour of God `is' to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- `are' unsearchable. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth, |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData For better `that' he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,' Than `that' he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush? |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not, |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Apples of gold in imagery of silver, `Is' the word spoken at its fit times. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, `Is' the wise reprover to an attentive ear. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, `So is' a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, `Is' a man boasting himself in a false gift. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated `with' it, and hast vomited it. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, `Is' the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity. |
| 20 |
fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, `Is as' vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions, and a house of company. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData `As' cold waters for a weary soul, So `is' a good report from a far country. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, `Is' the righteous falling before the wicked. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData A city broken down without walls, `Is' a man without restraint over his spirit! |
