Proverbs 25-27; Psalms 6 - Prayer Tents

More Proverbs of Solomon

25These are more proverbs of Solomon, collected by the advisers of King Hezekiah of Judah.H4912H8010H582H2396H4428H3063H6275 2It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them.H3519H430H5641H1697H3519H4428H2713H1697 3No one can comprehend the height of heaven, the depth of the earth, or all that goes on in the king’s mind!H8064H7312H776H6011H3820H4428H2714 4Remove the impurities from silver, and the sterling will be ready for the silversmith.H1898H5509H3701H3318H3627H6884 5Remove the wicked from the king’s court, and his reign will be made secure by justice.H1898H7563H6440H4428H3678H3559H6664 6Don’t demand an audience with the king or push for a place among the great.H1921H6440H4428H5975H4725H1419 7It’s better to wait for an invitation to the head table than to be sent away in public disgrace. Just because you’ve seen something,H2896H559H5927H8213H6440H5081H5869H7200 8don’t be in a hurry to go to court. For what will you do in the end if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?H3318H4118H7378H6213H319H7453H3637 9When arguing with your neighbor, don’t betray another person’s secret.H7378H7379H7453H1540H5475H312 10Others may accuse you of gossip, and you will never regain your good reputation.H8085H2616H1681H7725 11Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver basket.H1697H212H655H1696H8598H2091H4906H3701 12To one who listens, valid criticism is like a gold earring or other gold jewelry.H5141H2091H2481H3800H2450H3198H8085H241 13Trustworthy messengers refresh like snow in summer. They revive the spirit of their employer.H6793H7950H3117H7105H539H6735H7971H7725H5315H113 14A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.H376H1984H8267H4991H5387H7307H1653 15Patience can persuade a prince, and soft speech can break bones.H753H639H7101H6601H7390H3956H7665H1634 16Do you like honey? Don’t eat too much, or it will make you sick!H4672H1706H398H1767H7646H6958 17Don’t visit your neighbors too often, or you will wear out your welcome.H3365H7272H7453H1004H7646H8130 18Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow.H376H6030H8267H5707H7453H4650H2719H8150H2671 19Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot.H4009H898H3117H6869H7465H8127H7272H4154 20Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather or pouring vinegar in a wound.H5710H899H7135H3117H2558H5427H7891H7892H7451H3820 21If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.H8130H7457H3899H398H6771H4325H8248 22You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads, and the Lord will reward you.H2846H1513H7218H3068H7999 23As surely as a north wind brings rain, so a gossiping tongue causes anger!H6828H7307H2342H1653H2194H6440H5643H3956 24It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.H2896H3427H6438H1406H4079H4066H802H2267H1004 25Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty.H7119H4325H5889H5315H2896H8052H4801H776 26If the godly give in to the wicked, it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.H6662H4131H6440H7563H7515H4599H7843H4726 27It’s not good to eat too much honey, and it’s not good to seek honors for yourself.H2896H398H7235H1706H2714H3519H3519 28A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.H376H4623H7307H5892H6555H2346

26Honor is no more associated with fools than snow with summer or rain with harvest.H7950H7019H4306H7105H3519H5000H3684 2Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.H6833H5110H1866H5774H7045H2600H935 3Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back!H7752H5483H4964H2543H7626H3684H1460 4Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will become as foolish as they are.H6030H3684H200H7737 5Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will become wise in their own estimation.H6030H3684H200H2450H5869 6Trusting a fool to convey a message is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!H7971H1697H3027H3684H7096H7272H8354H2555 7A proverb in the mouth of a fool is as useless as a paralyzed leg.H7785H6455H1809H4912H6310H3684 8Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.H6872H6887H68H4773H5414H3519H3684 9A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.H2336H5927H3027H7910H4912H6310H3684 10An employer who hires a fool or a bystander is like an archer who shoots at random.H7227H2342H7936H3684H7936H5674 11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.H3611H7725H6892H3684H8138H200 12There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise.H7200H376H2450H5869H8615H3684 13The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road! Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”H6102H559H7826H1870H738H7339 14As a door swings back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.H1817H5437H6735H6102H4296 15Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.H6102H2934H3027H6747H3811H7725H6310 16Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors.H6102H2450H5869H7651H7725H2940 17Interfering in someone else’s argument is as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears.H5674H5674H7379H2388H3611H241 18Just as damaging as a madman shooting a deadly weaponH3856H3384H2131H2671H4194 19is someone who lies to a friend and then says, “I was only joking.”H376H7411H7453H559H7832 20Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.H657H6086H784H3518H5372H4066H8367 21A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.H6352H1513H6086H784H4079H4066H376H2787H7379 22Rumors are dainty morsels that sink deep into one’s heart.H1697H5372H3859H3381H2315H990 23Smooth words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.H1814H8193H7451H3820H2789H6823H3701H5509 24People may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they’re deceiving you.H8130H5234H8193H7896H4820H7130 25They pretend to be kind, but don’t believe them. Their hearts are full of many evils.H6963H2603H539H7651H8441H3820 26While their hatred may be concealed by trickery, their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.H8135H3680H4860H7451H1540H6951 27If you set a trap for others, you will get caught in it yourself. If you roll a boulder down on others, it will crush you instead.H3738H7845H5307H1556H68H7725 28A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin.H8267H3956H8130H1790H2509H6310H6213H4072

27Don’t brag about tomorrow, since you don’t know what the day will bring.H1984H4279H3045H3117H3205 2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—a stranger, not your own lips.H2114H1984H6310H5237H8193 3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.H68H3514H2344H5192H191H3708H3515H8147 4Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous.H2534H395H639H7858H5975H6440H7068 5An open rebuke is better than hidden love!H1540H8433H2896H5641H160 6Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.H539H6482H157H5390H8130H6280 7A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.H7649H5315H947H5317H7457H5315H4751H4966 8A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest.H6833H5074H7064H376H5074H4725 9The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.H8081H7004H8055H3820H4986H7453H5315H6098 10Never abandon a friend—either yours or your father’s. When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance. It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.H7453H1H7453H5800H935H251H1004H3117H343H2896H7934H7138H251H7350 11Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad. Then I will be able to answer my critics.H1121H2449H3820H8055H7725H1697H2778 12A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.H6175H7200H7451H5641H6612H5674H6064 13Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.H3947H899H6148H2114H2254H5237 14A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse!H1288H7453H1419H6963H7925H1242H2803H7045 15A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day.H2956H1812H5464H3117H4079H4066H802H7737 16Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.H6845H6845H7307H8081H3225H7121 17As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.H1270H2300H1270H376H2300H6440H7453 18As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit, so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.H5341H8384H398H6529H8104H113H3513 19As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.H4325H6440H6440H3820H120H120 20Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.H7585H11H10H3808H7646H5869H120H7646 21Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised.H4715H3701H3564H2091H376H6310H4110 22You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.H3806H191H4388H8432H7383H5940H200H5493 23Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds,H3045H3045H6440H6629H7896H3820H5739 24for riches don’t last forever, and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.H2633H5769H5145H1755H1755 25After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears and the mountain grasses are gathered in,H2682H1540H1877H7200H6212H2022H622 26your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will provide the price of a field.H3532H3830H6260H4242H7704 27And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls.H5795H2461H1767H3899H3899H1004H2416H5291

6[For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.] O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.H5329H5058H8067H4210H1732H3068H3198H639H3256H2534 2Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak. Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.H2603H3068H536H3068H7495H6106H926 3I am sick at heart. How long, O LORD, until you restore me?H5315H3966H926H3068 4Return, O LORD, and rescue me. Save me because of your unfailing love.H7725H3068H2502H5315H3467H2617 5For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?H4194H2143H7585H3034 6I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.H3021H585H3915H4296H7811H4529H6210H1832 7My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.H5869H6244H3708H6275H6887 8Go away, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.H5493H6466H205H3068H8085H6963H1065 9The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD will answer my prayer.H3068H8085H8467H3068H3947H8605 10May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified. May they suddenly turn back in shame.H341H954H3966H926H7725H954H7281