Proverbs 25:3-22

³Heaven above, and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

⁴Do thou away rust from silver, and a full clean vessel shall go out.

⁵Do thou away unpiety from the cheer of the king, and his throne shall be made steadfast by rightfulness or rightwiseness.

⁶Appear thou not glorious before the king, and stand thou not in the place of great men.

⁷For it is better, that it be said to thee, Ascend thou or Go up hither, than that thou be made low before the prince.

⁸Bring thou not forth soon those things in strife, which thine eyes saw; lest afterward thou mayest not amend, when thou hast made thy friend unhonest or he hath shamed thee.

⁹Treat thy cause with thy friend, and show thou not private matter to a strange man;

¹⁰lest peradventure he have joy of thy fall, when he hath heard, and cease not to do shame to thee.

¹¹A golden pomme or pommel in beds of silver is he, that speaketh a word in his time.

¹²A golden earring, and a shining pearl is he, that reproveth a wise man, and an ear obeying.

¹³As the cold of snow in the day of harvest, so a faithful messenger to him that sent him, maketh his soul to have rest.

¹⁴A cloud and wind, and rain not pursuing or following, is a glorious man, and not ful filling promises.

¹⁵A prince shall be made soft by patience; and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

¹⁶Thou hast found honey, eat thou that that sufficeth to thee; lest per-adventure thou be full-filled, and spew it out.

¹⁷Withdraw thy foot from the house of thy neighbour; lest sometime he be filled, that is, annoyed, and hate thee.

¹⁸A dart, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that speaketh false witnessing against his neighbour.

¹⁹A rotten tooth, and a faint foot is he, that hopeth on an unfaithful man in the day of anguish,

²⁰and loseth his mantle in the day of cold. Vinegar in a vessel of salt is he, that singeth songs to the worst heart. As a moth annoyeth or harmeth a cloth, and a worm a tree, so the sorrow of a man annoyeth the heart.

²¹If thine enemy hungereth, feed thou him; if he thirsteth, give thou him water to drink;

²²for thou shalt gather together coals on his head; and the Lord shall yield to thee.