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Proverbs
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English: World English Bible |
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Proverbs 25 [Context] [Commentary] 
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By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone. |
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Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it. |
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Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you. |
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A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow. |
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Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot. |
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As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. |
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If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink: |
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for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you. |
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The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face. |
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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman. |
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Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. |
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Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. |
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It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor. |
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Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint. |
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