<vn='1'><sn="428">These</s> are <sn="1571">also</s><sn="4912">proverbs</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> copied <sn="6275">out</s>. </v>
<vn='2'> It is the <sn="3519">glory</s> of <sn="430">God</s> to <sn="5641">conceal</s> a <sn="1697">thing</s>: but the <sn="3519">honor</s> of <sn="4428">kings</s> is to search <sn="2713">out</s> a <sn="1697">matter</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="8064">heaven</s> for <sn="7312">height</s>, and the <sn="776">earth</s> for <sn="6011">depth</s>, and the <sn="3820">heart</s> of <sn="4428">kings</s> is <sn="369 2714">unsearchable</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Take <sn="1898">away</s> the <sn="5509">dross</s> from the <sn="4480 3701">silver</s>, and there shall come <sn="3318">forth</s> a <sn="3627">vessel</s> for the <sn="6884">refiner</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Take <sn="1898">away</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> from <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and his <sn="3678">throne</s> shall be <sn="3559">established</s> in <sn="6664">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Put not forth <sn="408 1921">thyself</s> in the <sn="6440">presence</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="408">not</s> in the <sn="4725">place</s> of <sn="1419">great</s> men: </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="2896">better</s> it is that it be <sn="559">said</s> unto thee, Come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="2008">hither</s>; than that thou shouldest be put <sn="4480 8213">lower</s> in the <sn="6440">presence</s> of the <sn="5081">prince</s><sn="834">whom</s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> have <sn="7200">seen</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Go not <sn="3318 408">forth</s><sn="4118">hastily</s> to <sn="7378">strive</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> thou know not <sn="4100">what</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> in the <sn="319">end</s> thereof, when thy <sn="7453">neighbor</s> hath put thee to <sn="3637 *853">shame</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="7378">Debate</s> thy <sn="7379">cause</s><sn="854">with</s> thy <sn="7453">neighbor</s> himself; and <sn="1540">discover</s><sn="408">not</s> a <sn="5475">secret</s> to <sn="312">another</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="6435">Lest</s> he that <sn="8085">heareth</s> it put thee to <sn="2616">shame</s>, and thine <sn="1681">infamy</s> turn not <sn="3808 7725">away</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>A <sn="1697">word</s><sn="5921 655">fitly</s><sn="1696">spoken</s> is like <sn="8598">apples</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s> in <sn="4906">pictures</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>. </v>
<vn='12'> As an <sn="5141">earring</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>, and an <sn="2481">ornament</s> of fine <sn="3800">gold</s>, so is a <sn="2450">wise</s><sn="3198">reprover</s><sn="5921">upon</s> an <sn="8085">obedient</s><sn="241">ear</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>As the <sn="6793">cold</s> of <sn="7950">snow</s> in the <sn="3117">time</s> of <sn="7105">harvest</s>, so is a <sn="539">faithful</s><sn="6735">messenger</s> to them that <sn="7971">send</s> him: for he <sn="7725">refresheth</s> the <sn="5315">soul</s> of his <sn="113">masters</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="376">Whoso</s> boasteth <sn="1984">himself</s> of a <sn="8267">false</s><sn="4991">gift</s> is like <sn="5387">clouds</s> and <sn="7307">wind</s><sn="369">without</s><sn="1653">rain</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>By <sn="753">long</s><sn="639">forbearing</s> is a <sn="7101">prince</s><sn="6601">persuaded</s>, and a <sn="7390">soft</s><sn="3956">tongue</s><sn="7665">breaketh</s> the <sn="1634">bone</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Hast thou <sn="4672">found</s><sn="1706">honey</s>? <sn="398">eat</s> so much as is <sn="1767">sufficient</s> for thee, <sn="6435">lest</s> thou be <sn="7646">filled</s> therewith, and <sn="6958">vomit</s> it. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3365">Withdraw</s> thy <sn="7272">foot</s> from thy <sn="7453">neighbor</s> 's <sn="4480 1004">house</s>; <sn="6435">lest</s> he be <sn="7646">weary</s> of thee, and so <sn="8130">hate</s> thee. </v>
<vn='18'>A <sn="376">man</s> that <sn="6030">beareth</s><sn="8267">false</s><sn="5707">witness</s> against his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> is a <sn="4650">maul</s>, and a <sn="2719">sword</s>, and a <sn="8150">sharp</s><sn="2671">arrow</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="4009">Confidence</s> in an unfaithful <sn="898">man</s> in <sn="3117">time</s> of <sn="6869">trouble</s> is like a <sn="7465">broken</s><sn="8127">tooth</s>, and a <sn="7272">foot</s> out of <sn="4154">joint</s>. </v>
<vn='20'> As he that taketh <sn="5710">away</s> a <sn="899">garment</s> in <sn="7135">cold</s><sn="3117">weather</s>, and as <sn="2558">vinegar</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="5427">niter</s>, so is he that <sn="7891">singeth</s><sn="7892">songs</s><sn="5921">to</s> a <sn="7451">heavy</s><sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="518">If</s> thine <sn="8130">enemy</s> be <sn="7457">hungry</s>, give him <sn="3899">bread</s> to <sn="398">eat</s>; and <sn="518">if</s> he be <sn="6771">thirsty</s>, give him <sn="4325">water</s> to <sn="8248">drink</s>: </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="2846">heap</s> coals of <sn="1513">fire</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="7999">reward</s> thee. </v>
<vn='23'>The <sn="6828">north</s><sn="7307">wind</s> driveth <sn="2342">away</s><sn="1653">rain</s>: so doth an <sn="2194">angry</s><sn="6440">countenance</s> a <sn="5643">backbiting</s><sn="3956">tongue</s>. </v>
<vn='24'> It is <sn="2896">better</s> to <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="6438">corner</s> of the <sn="1406">housetop</s>, than with a brawling <sn="4480 802 4079">woman</s> and in a <sn="2267">wide</s><sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='25'> As <sn="7119">cold</s><sn="4325">waters</s><sn="5921">to</s> a <sn="5889">thirsty</s><sn="5315">soul</s>, so is <sn="2896">good</s><sn="8052">news</s> from a far <sn="4480 776 4801">country</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>A <sn="6662">righteous</s> man falling <sn="4131">down</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> is as a <sn="7515">troubled</s><sn="4599">fountain</s>, and a <sn="7843">corrupt</s><sn="4726">spring</s>. </v>
<vn='27'> It is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2896">good</s> to <sn="398">eat</s><sn="7235">much</s><sn="1706">honey</s>: so for men to <sn="2714">search</s> their own <sn="3519">glory</s> is not <sn="3519">glory</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="376">He</s><sn="834">that</s> hath <sn="369">no</s> rule <sn="4623">over</s> his own <sn="7307">spirit</s> is like a <sn="5892">city</s> that is broken <sn="6555">down</s>, and <sn="369">without</s><sn="2346">walls</s>. </v>