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Proverbs 25:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Close to Jehovah, p. 189

  • Publications Index

    cl 189

Proverbs 25:4

Footnotes

  • *

    25:4 Or turn out well for

Proverbs 25:5

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w36 327

Proverbs 25:7

Footnotes

  • *

    25:7-8 Var.* a nobleman whom your eyes have seen. Do not hurry to go into a lawsuit, because what will you do in the sequel when the other man

Proverbs 25:8

Footnotes

  • *

    25:8 Lit. Lest what

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1972, p. 466

  • Publications Index

    w72 466; or 157

Proverbs 25:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    10/22/1980, pp. 21-22

    Kingdom Ministry,

    9/1977, p. 6

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1972, p. 466

    4/1/1971, p. 223

  • Publications Index

    g80 10/22 21-22; fl 36, 66-67; km 9/77 6; w72 466; or 157; w71 223

Proverbs 25:10

Footnotes

  • *

    25:10 Lit. your disrepute should not turn back

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    10/22/1980, pp. 21-22

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1972, p. 466

    4/1/1971, p. 223

  • Publications Index

    g80 10/22 21-22; w72 466; or 157; w71 223

Proverbs 25:11

Footnotes

  • *

    25:11 Unc.

  • *

    25:11 Conj. on silver twigs

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    2/2019, p. 15

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/2015, p. 19

    1/15/1999, p. 23

    1/15/1994, p. 32

    12/15/1990, p. 26

    2/1/1988, p. 30

    8/15/1975, p. 486

    8/15/1973, p. 504

    6/15/1967, pp. 382-383

    3/1/1963, pp. 154-155

    9/15/1954, pp. 566-568

    5/15/1954, pp. 304-305

    Book for All, p. 23

    Awake!,

    3/8/1983, p. 22

    9/8/1973, p. 17

  • Publications Index

    w19.02 15; w15 12/15 19; w99 1/15 23; ba 23; w94 1/15 32; w90 12/15 26; w88 2/1 30;

    g83 3/8 22; fl 38; w75 486; w73 504; g73 9/8 17; ad 94; w67 383; w63 155; w54 304, 567

Proverbs 25:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1997, p. 32

    8/15/1973, p. 503

    4/15/1962, p. 243

    5/15/1952, pp. 294-296

  • Publications Index

    w97 12/15 32;

    w73 503; w62 243; w52 295; w48 136

Proverbs 25:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1040

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 983

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1976, p. 426

    3/15/1961, p. 187

    8/1/1956, pp. 472-474

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1040; it-2 983;

    w76 426; ad 717, 1518; g64 7/22 23; w61 187; w56 473

Proverbs 25:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 484, 935

  • Publications Index

    it-1 484, 935;

    ad 361, 654

Proverbs 25:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 353

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1114

    Awake!,

    11/2010, p. 19

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1986, pp. 29-30

    8/15/1976, p. 484

    10/1/1966, pp. 596-598

    3/1/1963, pp. 131-132

    3/1/1960, pp. 138-139

  • Publications Index

    it-1 353; it-2 1114; g 11/10 19; w86 11/1 29;

    w76 484; ad 250, 1607; w66 597; w63 131; yb63 234; g62 6/22 19; w60 139; w47 137

Proverbs 25:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/1983, pp. 20-21

    2/15/1980, p. 28

  • Publications Index

    w83 10/15 20-21; w80 2/15 28; g65 11/22 3

Proverbs 25:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 847, 1044, 1151-1152

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 491

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1994, p. 22

    1/15/1974, p. 61

    10/1/1973, p. 600

    12/1/1961, pp. 707-708

    5/15/1961, pp. 300-301

    Awake!,

    2/22/1988, p. 8

  • Publications Index

    it-1 847, 1044, 1151; it-2 491; w94 9/15 22; g88 2/22 8;

    w74 61; w73 600; ad 592, 719, 1219; g64 2/22 21; w61 301, 708

Proverbs 25:20

Footnotes

  • *

    25:20 Var. Vinegar on a sore

  • *

    25:20 (second proverb) Var. omits this

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 210, 1156-1157

  • Publications Index

    it-2 210, 1156-1157;

    ad 1034, 1637; g66 7/8 4

Proverbs 25:21

Footnotes

  • *

    25:21 Var. give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty give him water to drink

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    10/22/1998, p. 7

    The Watchtower,

    3/1/1976, p. 134

    2/1/1970, pp. 95-96

    2/1/1966, pp. 92-94

    8/1/1960, pp. 451-452

  • Publications Index

    g98 10/22 7;

    w76 134; w70 95-96; w66 93; w60 452

Proverbs 25:22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 426, 1051

    The Watchtower,

    3/1/1976, p. 134

    2/1/1970, pp. 95-96

    8/15/1958, pp. 493-494

  • Publications Index

    ijwbq article 195; it-1 426, 1051;

    w76 134; ad 306, 724; w70 95-96; w58 493

Proverbs 25:23

Footnotes

  • *

    25:23 The words might naturally seem to mean brings forth rain; but the fact is that the north wind in Palestine always brings clear weather; and the order of the Hebrew words, comparing the two halves of the proverb, seems to make face the subject and tongue the object in the second half

  • *

    25:23 Or a hostile face

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/1971, p. 350

    4/15/1963, p. 256

    3/1/1960, p. 140

    2/15/1951, pp. 103-105

  • Publications Index

    w71 350; w63 256; w60 140; w51 104; w47 134

Proverbs 25:25

Footnotes

  • *

    25:25 Conj. Good news from a distant country is cold water on a palate exhausted with thirst

Proverbs 25:26

Footnotes

  • *

    25:26 Lit. wavering before a rogue

Proverbs 25:27

Footnotes

  • *

    25:27 Codd. and investigating (var. making a rarity of) their grandeur is grandeur

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/1/1962, pp. 283-284

    8/15/1961, pp. 504-506

  • Publications Index

    g65 11/22 3; g64 1/22 4; w62 284; g62 4/8 4; w61 505; v-2 101

Proverbs 25:28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 263, 399-400

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2000, p. 23

    10/15/1991, pp. 11-12

    9/15/1990, p. 22

    11/1/1975, p. 647

    3/15/1973, p. 186

    2/1/1972, p. 68

    7/1/1967, pp. 395-397

    8/15/1963, pp. 502-503

    6/1/1963, pp. 323-324

    3/1/1960, pp. 147-148

    3/1/1956, pp. 141-143

    Awake!,

    5/22/1974, p. 28

  • Publications Index

    it-2 263, 399-400; w00 8/15 23; w91 10/15 12; w90 9/15 22;

    w75 647; g74 5/22 28; w73 186; w72 68; ad 1073, 1156; w67 396; w63 323, 503; w60 148; w56 142; g50 1/8 25; w44 244

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The Bible in Living English
Proverbs 25:1-28

Proverbs

25 These too are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah

of Judah compiled:

2 It is God’s glory to keep a matter veiled;

it is kings’ glory to investigate a matter.

3 Sky for height and earth for depth

and man’s heart inscrutable.

4* Dislodge dross from silver

and have a piece of ware come out for the silversmith;

5 Dislodge a rascal before a king

and have his throne stand firm in right.

6 Do not put on airs before a king

nor stand in the place for great men,

7* Because it is better to have him say to you “Come up here”

than to have him put you down before a nobleman.

8* Do not hurry to pass out by wholesale

what your eyes have seen,

Because what will you do in the sequel

when somebody humiliates you?

9 Fight your case against your opponent,

but do not betray another man’s secret,

10* For fear one who hears should brand you with disgrace

and you should never get your reputation back.

11** A word spoken to the point

is golden apples in silver artwork.

12 A wise admonisher to a listening ear

is a gold earring and a nugget-gold pendant.

13 Like the coolness of snow in midsummer heat

is a trusty courier to those who send him,

and he puts life back into his master.

14 A man who brags of a fictitious gift

is scud and wind and no shower.

15 By patience a chieftain is cajoled;

and a soft tongue breaks bones.

16 If you find honey, eat what is enough for you,

for fear you should be glutted and throw it up.

17 Make your foot a rarity in your neighbor’s house

for fear he should have enough of you and come to hate you.

18 A man who testifies falsely against another

is a mace and a sword and a barbed arrow.

19 One who is treacherous in a pinch

is a bad tooth and a shaky foot.

20** Vinegar on soda

and a singer of songs to a heavy heart.

Like a moth in a cloak and like rot of wood,

so grief eats away a man’s mind.

21* If your enemy is hungry feed him,

and if he is thirsty give him a drink,

22 Because you will be shoveling live coals on his head,

and Jehovah will repay you.

23** A north wind scares away a shower,

and hostile faces an underhand tongue.

24 Better living on the corner of a roof

than a home shared with a quarrelsome woman.

25* Cold water on a palate exhausted with thirst

and good news from a distant country.

26* An honest man compromising with a rogue

is a water-hole trampled up and a spring spoiled.

27* Eating honey in quantity is not a good thing,

and making grandeur a rarity is better than grandeur.

28 A man whose spirit does not have a control

is a broken city that does not have a wall.

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