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ULT PRO Chapter 25

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25 These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied.

2 The glory of God is to hide a matter,

but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

3 Heavens for height and earth for depth,

and the heart of kings is not searchable.

4 Remove dross from silver

and a vessel comes out for the refiner.

5 Remove a wicked one before the face of the king,

and his throne will be established by righteousness.

6 Do not honor yourself before the face of the king,

and in the place of the great ones do not stand.

7 For, better to say to you, “Come up here,”

than to humiliate you before the face of a noble,

whom your eyes have seen.

8 Do not go out hastily to dispute,

or else what will you do in its end

when your neighbor humiliates you?

9 Dispute your dispute with your neighbor

and the secret of another do not uncover,

10 lest one who hears shames you,

and the rumor of you does not turn back.

11 Apples of gold in sculptures of silver

is a word spoken according to its circumstance.

12 A ring of gold and jewelry of fine gold

is a wise rebuke to a listening ear.

13 Like the coolness of snow in the day of harvest

is a faithful envoy for his senders

and he brings back the life of his masters.

14 Clouds and wind but without rain

is the man who boasts in a gift of falsehood.

15 By length of nostrils a commander may be persuaded,

and a soft tongue can break bone.

16 If you find honey, eat enough for you,

lest you become satiated with it and you vomit it up.

17 Make rare your foot from the house of your neighbor,

lest he become satiated with you and hate you.

18 A hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow

is a man who answers a testimony of falsehood against his neighbor.

19 A broken tooth and a shaky foot

is confidence in one who acts treacherously in the day of distress.

20 One who removes a garment on a cold day,

vinegar on natron,

so is one who sings with songs to a heart of misery.

21 If one who hates you is hungry, cause him to eat bread,

and if thirsty, cause him to drink water;

22 for you are heaping coals on his head,

and Yahweh will repay to you.

23 The wind of the north brings forth rain,

and indignant faces, a tongue of secrecy.

24 Better to dwell on the corner of a roof

than with a wife of quarrels and a house of companionship.

25 Cool water over a weary soul,

so is good news from a distant land.

26 A spring muddied by trampling and a fountain spoiled

is a righteous one swaying before the face of a wicked one.

27 To eat much honey is not good,

and the searching out of their honor, honor.

28 A breached city without a wall

is a man who has no restraint for his spirit.

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