_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ on the 25th of from _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Someone suggested that a very nice "wisdom" gift might be Proverb # 25 that corresponds to the "day" of your Special Celebration. We hope that you might find encouraging promises and wisdom principles that resonate within you. These wisdom couplets are brief hints and suggestions for living a nice, long, peaceful & intelligent life. A lot of people live by trial & error; unfortunately, the errors can be wasteful & costly in time, health and wealth. God's wisdom principles will help you make good choices, even better choices that will reduce errors and make a happier life as billions of people have discovered. Young men and women should also consider Proverb 31.
Many people believe that The Bible is the inerrant, infallible, absolutely True, Holy Spirit inspired, Word, of the Living God; and, He hopes you find encouraging words of wisdom herein. Please accept this "gift" from His heart to yours.Proverb 25, (HCSB) TheBibleGateway , www.biblegateway.com/passage/Proverbs+25 This link will take you to the biblegateway.comwebsite where you can listen to the audio-cast for this Proverb; and/or compare other translations and narrators.
Proverbs (Chapters 25-31)~ Wisdom For Leaders. Wisdom & Righteousness Can Be Learned At Any Age.
Hezekiah’s Collection
1 These too are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied.
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.
3 As the heaven is high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.
4 Remove impurities from silver, and a vessel will be produced[a] for a silversmith.
5 Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
6 Don’t brag about yourself before the king, and don’t stand in the place of the great;
7 for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!” than to demote you in plain view of a noble.[b]
8 Don’t take a matter to court hastily. Otherwise, what will you do afterward if your opponent[c] humiliates you?
9 Make your case with your opponent[d] without revealing another’s secret;
10 otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you, and you’ll never live it down.[e]
11 A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples on a silver tray.[f]
12 A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.
13 To those who send him, a trustworthy messenger is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day; he refreshes the life of his masters.
14 The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist is like clouds and wind without rain.
15 A ruler can be persuaded through patience, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
16 If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house; otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.
18 A man giving false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
19 Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.
20 Singing songs to a troubled heart is like taking off clothing on a cold day or like pouring vinegar on soda.[g]
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
24 Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.
25 Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat.[h]
26 A righteous person who yields to the wicked is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
27 It is not good to eat too much honey or to seek glory after glory.[i]
28 A man who does not control his temper is like a city whose wall is broken down.
The spaced lines emphasize sentence structure, length and punctuation. The mid sentence capitalized word indicates the poetic couplet that normally begins a new line. Italicized words were added by the translators to complete the sentence. [Letters] in brackets are viewable online footnote references. See additional online Notes & Hints or click/scan "All Proverbs" QRC above.