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25 Here are more wise sayings said by Solomon that the scribes who served Hezekiah, the king of Judah, copied from a scroll that Solomon had written:
2 God shows how glorious he is when he makes something that is difficult for people to understand.
But kings show how glorious they are when they explain something that is difficult for people to understand.
3 As people cannot fully understand how high the sky is or how deep the earth is,
so they cannot fully understand what kings think.
4 People who make things from metal must remove impurities from silver
before they can make that silver into something useful.
5 In the same way, people must remove wicked advisers from the presence of kings
so that they can rule securely by being righteous.
6 Do not promote yourself in front of kings,
and do not pretend to be great.
7 Do not do so because it is better if someone invites you to sit in a place that is closer to the king,
than for someone to embarrass you in front of a royal official whom you have seen by telling you to sit farther away from the king.
8 Do not plead your case too quickly against someone you know.
If you do, then you will not know what to do when that person wins the case and embarrasses you!
9 If you do indeed plead your case against someone you know,
settle it between yourselves and do not tell others any secret about that person.
10 If you do tell a secret, then the people who hear you may shame you for it,
and people will speak badly about you from then on.
11 When someone says something that is very appropriate to a situation,
it is as delightful as seeing golden apples in a setting of silver.
12 When a wise person rebukes someone who is willing to listen,
it is as valuable as a gold ring or jewelry made from the best gold.
13 Reliable messengers are as refreshing to those who send them as cold snow would be refreshing during the summer harvest time;
they refresh the people whom they serve.
14 People who brag about giving something but then do not give it
are as disappointing as clouds and wind that do not bring rain.
15 People can persuade leaders by being patient,
and by speaking gently people can convince those who oppose them to agree with them.
16 If you discover some wild honey, do not eat too much of it.
If you do, then you will become sick from it and vomit.
17 In the same way, do not visit too often the houses of your friends.
If you do, then they may feel that they have had too much of you and even hate you.
18 People who lie when they testify against other people
are deadly, as if they had attacked them with a club, a sword, or a piercing arrow.
19 Trusting treacherous people during distressful times
is like trying to eat with a rotten tooth or trying to walk with a crippled foot.
20 Singing songs to someone who is sad
is as unhelpful as taking a coat off of someone in cold weather
or pouring vinegar on soda.
21 Feed your enemies if they are hungry;
give them something to drink if they are thirsty.
22 Do so because by doing so you will shame them, as if you were pouring burning coals on top of them,
and Yahweh will reward you for doing so.
23 When wind blows from the north, that produces rain.
Similarly, when people tell the secrets of others, that produces angry people.
24 It is better to live alone in a corner of a housetop
than to live inside a house with a wife who always argues with you.
25 When people hear something good from a faraway place,
it is as refreshing as drinking cold water when one is thirsty.
26 When righteous people yield to wicked people,
it is as bad as a spring that people have made murky by walking in it or as bad as a polluted fountain.
27 As it is not good to eat too much honey;
so it is not honorable to try to make people honor you.
28 People who cannot control themselves
are as defenseless as a city that an army has broken into and knocked down its walls.
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