Proverbs 25:1-19
proverbs <04912> [proverbs.]
<0582> [which.]
glory ............ glory <03519> [the glory.]
glory ............ glory <03519> [the honour.]
heaven <08064> [heaven.]
unsearchable <02714> [is unsearchable. Heb. there is no searching.]
remove <01898> [away.]
throne <03678> [his.]
honor ... before <01921 06440> [Put not forth thyself. Heb. Set not out thy glory.]
before <06440> [in the presence.]
say <0559> [that it.]
up <05927> [Come.]
Be humble; affect not high things; keep thyself quiet; and thou shalt live at ease, in safety, and in peace.
lower <08213> [than.]
litigation <04118> [hastily.]
do <06213> [what.]
neighbor <07453> [with.]
secret ... another <0312 05475> [a secret to another. or, the secret of another.]
infamy <01681> [thine.]
word <01697> [word.]
spoken <0212 01696> [fitly spoken. Heb. spoken upon his wheels. is like.]
Rather "is like golden apples ({tappuchim,} in Arabic, {tuffach,}) in baskets ({maskeeyoth,} in Arabic, {shakeekat,}) of silver." A word spoken with propriety, opportunely, and suitably to the occasion, is as much in its place, and as conspicuously beautiful, as the golden fruit which appears through the apertures of an exquisitely wrought silver basket.
earring <05141> [an ear-ring.]
wise <02450> [a wise.]
boasts <01984> [boasteth.]
gift not given <04991 08267> [of a false gift. Heb. in a gift of falsehood.]
patience <0753> [long.]
bone <01634> [the bone.]
Rather, "a bone;" that is, soft and conciliating language will often accomplish the most difficult things.
find <04672> [Hast.]
stuffed <07646> [lest.]
foot ... frequently .... neighbor's <03365 07272 07453> [Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's. or, Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's.]
weary <07646> [weary. Heb. full.]
