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Proverbs
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English: Basic English Bible |
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Proverbs 25 [Context] [Commentary] 
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A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken. |
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If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down. |
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Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate. |
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One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow. |
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Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot. |
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Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart. |
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If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water: |
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For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward. |
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As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly. |
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It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house. |
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As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country. |
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Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers. |
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It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured. |
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He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into. |
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