The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 25:1 (NASB)

These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

 

[Camess]

Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 25:3 (CSB)

As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 25:4 (CSB)

Remove impurities from silver, and material will be produced for a silversmith.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 25:5 (CSB)

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

 

[AndyMaleh]

Proverbs 25:6 (WEB)

Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
or claim a place among great men;

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Proverbs 25:7 (NKJV)
For it is better that he say to you, “Come up here,” Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom your eyes have seen.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Proverbs 25:8 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
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.

 

[Camess]

Proverbs 25:9
If you take your neighbor to court, do not betray another's conference,

 

[AndyMaleh]

Proverbs 25:10 (WEB)

lest one who hears it put you to shame,
and your bad reputation never depart.

 

[AndyMaleh]

Proverbs 25:11 (WEB)

A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

 

[Camess]

Proverbs 25:12
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.

 

[AndyMaleh]

Proverbs 25:13 (WEB)

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to those who send him; For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 25:14 (NASB)

Like clouds and wind without rain Is a man who boasts of his gifts falsely.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 25:15 (NASB)

By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded, And a soft tongue breaks the bone.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 25:16 (NASB)

Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, That you not have it in excess and vomit it.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 25:17(NASB)

Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house, Or he will become weary of you and hate you.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Proverbs 25:18 (NKJV)
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 25:9
If you take your neighbor to court, do not betray another's conference,

Sorry about being absent. I was in the hospitable with pneumonia for 11 1/2 days.

Tell me Camess, what version of the bible did you find this. It seems that "conference" should really be "confidence." That would make it say the same as the other translations.

 

[Camess]

Proverbs 25:19
Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.