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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 25 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/25.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Proverbs 25</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/24.htm" title="Proverbs 24">◄</a> Proverbs 25 <a href="../proverbs/26.htm" title="Proverbs 26">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">More of Solomon's Proverbs</h3><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_1"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.1" class="v20_25_1">1</span>Here are more of Solomon's proverbs, copied by scribes at the court of King Hezekiah of Judah.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_2"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.2" class="v20_25_2">2</span>We honor God for what he conceals; we honor kings for what they explain.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_3"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.3" class="v20_25_3">3</span>You never know what a king is thinking; his thoughts are beyond us, like the heights of the sky or the depths of the ocean.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_4"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.4" class="v20_25_4">4</span>Take the impurities out of silver and the artist can produce a thing of beauty. </span><span class="v20_25_5"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.5" class="v20_25_5">5</span>Keep evil advisers away from the king and his government will be known for its justice.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_6"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.6" class="v20_25_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.25.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When you stand before the king, don't try to impress him and pretend to be important. </span><span class="v20_25_7"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.7" class="v20_25_7">7</span>It is better to be asked to take a higher position than to be told to give your place to someone more important.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_8"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.8" class="v20_25_8">8</span>Don't be too quick to go to court about something you have seen. If another witness later proves you wrong, what will you do then?</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_9"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.9" class="v20_25_9">9</span>If you and your neighbor have a difference of opinion, settle it between yourselves and do not reveal any secrets. </span><span class="v20_25_10"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.10" class="v20_25_10">10</span>Otherwise everyone will learn that you can't keep a secret, and you will never live down the shame.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_11"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.11" class="v20_25_11">11</span>An idea well-expressed is like a design of gold, set in silver.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_12"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.12" class="v20_25_12">12</span>A warning given by an experienced person to someone willing to listen is more valuable than gold rings or jewelry made of the finest gold.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_13"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.13" class="v20_25_13">13</span>A reliable messenger is refreshing to the one who sends him, like cold water in the heat of harvest time.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_14"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.14" class="v20_25_14">14</span>People who promise things that they never give are like clouds and wind that bring no rain.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_15"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.15" class="v20_25_15">15</span>Patient persuasion can break down the strongest resistance and can even convince rulers.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_16"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.16" class="v20_25_16">16</span>Never eat more honey than you need; too much may make you vomit. </span><span class="v20_25_17"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.17" class="v20_25_17">17</span>Don't visit your neighbors too often; they may get tired of you and come to hate you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_18"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.18" class="v20_25_18">18</span>A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_19"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.19" class="v20_25_19">19</span>Depending on an unreliable person in a crisis is like trying to chew with a loose tooth or walk with a crippled foot.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_20"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.20" class="v20_25_20">20</span>Singing to a person who is depressed is like taking off a person's clothes on a cold day or like rubbing salt in a wound.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_21"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.21" class="v20_25_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.25.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink. </span><span class="v20_25_22"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.22" class="v20_25_22">22</span>You will make them burn with shame, and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will reward you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_23"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.23" class="v20_25_23">23</span>Gossip brings anger just as surely as the north wind brings rain.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_24"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.24" class="v20_25_24">24</span>Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_25"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.25" class="v20_25_25">25</span>Finally hearing good news from a distant land is like a drink of cold water when you are dry and thirsty.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_26"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.26" class="v20_25_26">26</span>A good person who gives in to someone who is evil reminds you of a polluted spring or a poisoned well.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_27"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.27" class="v20_25_27">27</span>Too much honey is bad for you, and so is trying to win too much praise.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.25.27!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_25_28"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.25.28" class="v20_25_28">28</span>If you cannot control your anger, you are as helpless as a city without walls, open to attack.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">25.27: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and so … praise; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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