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1. 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
2. 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
3. 24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
4. 24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
5. 24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
6. 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
7. 24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
8. 25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
9. 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
10. 25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
11. 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
12. 25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
13. 25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
14. 25:7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
15. 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
16. 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
17. 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
18. 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
19. 25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
20. 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
21. 25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
22. 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
23. 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
24. 26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
25. 26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
26. 26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
27. 26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
28. 26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
29. 26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
30. 26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
31. 26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
32. 26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
33. 26:19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
34. 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
35. 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
36. 26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
37. 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
38. 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
39. 27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
40. 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
41. 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
42. 27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
43. 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
44. 27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
45. 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
46. 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
47. 27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
48. 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
49. 27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
50. 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.