ylt - Proverbs:25-29

ylt@Proverbs:25:1 @Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --

ylt@Proverbs:25:2 @The honour of God [is] to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.

ylt@Proverbs:25:3 @The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- [are] unsearchable.

ylt@Proverbs:25:4 @Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,

ylt@Proverbs:25:5 @Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

ylt@Proverbs:25:6 @Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

ylt@Proverbs:25:7 @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.

ylt@Proverbs:25:8 @Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

ylt@Proverbs:25:9 @Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

ylt@Proverbs:25:10 @Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

ylt@Proverbs:25:11 @Apples of gold in imagery of silver, [Is] the word spoken at its fit times.

ylt@Proverbs:25:12 @A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, [Is] the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

ylt@Proverbs:25:13 @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.

ylt@Proverbs:25:14 @Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, [Is] a man boasting himself in a false gift.

ylt@Proverbs:25:15 @By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

ylt@Proverbs:25:16 @Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it.

ylt@Proverbs:25:17 @Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated [with] thee, and have hated thee.

ylt@Proverbs:25:18 @A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

ylt@Proverbs:25:19 @A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

ylt@Proverbs:25:20 @Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.

ylt@Proverbs:25:21 @If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

ylt@Proverbs:25:22 @For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee.

ylt@Proverbs:25:23 @A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

ylt@Proverbs:25:24 @Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

ylt@Proverbs:25:25 @[As] cold waters for a weary soul, So [is] a good report from a far country.

ylt@Proverbs:25:26 @A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked.

ylt@Proverbs:25:27 @The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.

ylt@Proverbs:25:28 @A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!

ylt@Proverbs:26:1 @As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool.

ylt@Proverbs:26:2 @As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

ylt@Proverbs:26:3 @A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

ylt@Proverbs:26:4 @Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.

ylt@Proverbs:26:5 @Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

ylt@Proverbs:26:6 @He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

ylt@Proverbs:26:7 @Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

ylt@Proverbs:26:8 @As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honour to a fool.

ylt@Proverbs:26:9 @A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

ylt@Proverbs:26:10 @Great [is] the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.

ylt@Proverbs:26:11 @As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

ylt@Proverbs:26:12 @Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

ylt@Proverbs:26:13 @The slothful hath said, 'A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.'

ylt@Proverbs:26:14 @The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

ylt@Proverbs:26:15 @The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

ylt@Proverbs:26:16 @Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.

ylt@Proverbs:26:17 @Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

ylt@Proverbs:26:18 @As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

ylt@Proverbs:26:19 @So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, 'Am not I playing?'

ylt@Proverbs:26:20 @Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

ylt@Proverbs:26:21 @Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

ylt@Proverbs:26:22 @The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.

ylt@Proverbs:26:23 @Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.

ylt@Proverbs:26:24 @By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

ylt@Proverbs:26:25 @When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart.

ylt@Proverbs:26:26 @Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.

ylt@Proverbs:26:27 @Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

ylt@Proverbs:26:28 @A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

ylt@Proverbs:27:1 @Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

ylt@Proverbs:27:2 @Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

ylt@Proverbs:27:3 @A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

ylt@Proverbs:27:4 @Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

ylt@Proverbs:27:5 @Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.

ylt@Proverbs:27:6 @Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

ylt@Proverbs:27:7 @A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.

ylt@Proverbs:27:8 @As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.

ylt@Proverbs:27:9 @Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

ylt@Proverbs:27:10 @Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

ylt@Proverbs:27:11 @Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

ylt@Proverbs:27:12 @The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

ylt@Proverbs:27:13 @Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

ylt@Proverbs:27:14 @Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

ylt@Proverbs:27:15 @A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

ylt@Proverbs:27:16 @Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

ylt@Proverbs:27:17 @Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

ylt@Proverbs:27:18 @The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

ylt@Proverbs:27:19 @As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.

ylt@Proverbs:27:20 @Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.

ylt@Proverbs:27:21 @A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

ylt@Proverbs:27:22 @If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

ylt@Proverbs:27:23 @Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

ylt@Proverbs:27:24 @For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

ylt@Proverbs:27:25 @Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

ylt@Proverbs:27:26 @Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,

ylt@Proverbs:27:27 @And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

ylt@Proverbs:28:1 @The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

ylt@Proverbs:28:2 @By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right -- it is prolonged.

ylt@Proverbs:28:3 @A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

ylt@Proverbs:28:4 @Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

ylt@Proverbs:28:5 @Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

ylt@Proverbs:28:6 @Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

ylt@Proverbs:28:7 @Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

ylt@Proverbs:28:8 @Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

ylt@Proverbs:28:9 @Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.

ylt@Proverbs:28:10 @Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

ylt@Proverbs:28:11 @A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

ylt@Proverbs:28:12 @In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

ylt@Proverbs:28:13 @Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

ylt@Proverbs:28:14 @O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.

ylt@Proverbs:28:15 @A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.

ylt@Proverbs:28:16 @A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

ylt@Proverbs:28:17 @A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

ylt@Proverbs:28:18 @Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

ylt@Proverbs:28:19 @Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.

ylt@Proverbs:28:20 @A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

ylt@Proverbs:28:21 @To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

ylt@Proverbs:28:22 @Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

ylt@Proverbs:28:23 @Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

ylt@Proverbs:28:24 @Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

ylt@Proverbs:28:25 @Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

ylt@Proverbs:28:26 @Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

ylt@Proverbs:28:27 @Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

ylt@Proverbs:28:28 @In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!

ylt@Proverbs:29:1 @A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

ylt@Proverbs:29:2 @In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

ylt@Proverbs:29:3 @A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

ylt@Proverbs:29:4 @A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.

ylt@Proverbs:29:5 @A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

ylt@Proverbs:29:6 @In the transgression of the evil [is] a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

ylt@Proverbs:29:7 @The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

ylt@Proverbs:29:8 @Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.

ylt@Proverbs:29:9 @A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.

ylt@Proverbs:29:10 @Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.

ylt@Proverbs:29:11 @A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

ylt@Proverbs:29:12 @A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers [are] wicked.

ylt@Proverbs:29:13 @The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.

ylt@Proverbs:29:14 @a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.

ylt@Proverbs:29:15 @A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

ylt@Proverbs:29:16 @In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplieth, And the righteous on their fall do look.

ylt@Proverbs:29:17 @Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

ylt@Proverbs:29:18 @Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!

ylt@Proverbs:29:19 @By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.

ylt@Proverbs:29:20 @Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

ylt@Proverbs:29:21 @Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, [At] his latter end also he is continuator.

ylt@Proverbs:29:22 @An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

ylt@Proverbs:29:23 @The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

ylt@Proverbs:29:24 @Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.

ylt@Proverbs:29:25 @Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

ylt@Proverbs:29:26 @Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah [is] the judgment of each.

ylt@Proverbs:29:27 @An abomination to the righteous [is] the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked [is] the upright in the way!

ylt@Proverbs:30:1 @Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: -- I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.