Proverbs 25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Proverbs 25Further Wise Sayings of Solomon

1 what will you do in the end,

when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood,

sorrow gnaws at the human heart.

21 Ex 23.4, 5; Mt 5.44; Rom 12.20 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat,

and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,

22 2 Sam 16.12 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,

and the Lord will reward you.

23 Ps 101.5 The north wind produces rain,

and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

24 Prov 21.9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop

than in a house shared with a contentious wife.

25 v 13 ; Prov 15.30Like cold water to a thirsty soul,

so is good news from a far country.

26 Ezek 32.2; 34.18, 19 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain

are the righteous who give way before the wicked.

27 v 16 ; Prov 27.2It is not good to eat much honey

or to seek honor on top of honor.

28 Prov 16.32 Like a city breached, without walls,

is one who lacks self-control.