Focused Passage

Proverbs 25:1

Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control

The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

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These [are]אֵ֭לֶּהH428Pronoun - common pluraladditionalגַּם־H1571Conjunctionproverbsמִשְׁלֵ֣יH4912Noun - masculine plural constructof Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֑הH8010Noun - proper - masculine singularwhichאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativewere copied byהֶ֝עְתִּ֗יקוּH6275Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralthe menאַנְשֵׁ֤י׀H582Noun - masculine plural constructof Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֬הH2396Noun - proper - masculine singularkingמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428Noun - masculine singular constructof Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃H3063Noun - proper - masculine singular

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