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Proverbs 24:21 (NIV)
Fear the Lord and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials,
Proverbs 24:22 (NIV)
for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?
Proverbs 24:23 (NIV)
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:
Proverbs 24:24 (NIV)
Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
Proverbs 24:25 (NIV)
But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.
Proverbs 24:26 (NIV)
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 24:27 (NIV)
Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
Proverbs 24:28 (NIV)
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?
Proverbs 24:29 (NIV)
Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did.”
Proverbs 24:30 (NIV)
I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
Proverbs 24:31 (NIV)
thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
Proverbs 24:32 (NIV)
I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
Proverbs 24:33 (NIV)
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
Proverbs 24:34 (NIV)
and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 25:1 (NIV)
These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
Proverbs 25:2 (NIV)
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
Proverbs 25:3 (NIV)
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
Proverbs 25:4 (NIV)
Remove the dross from the silver, and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
Proverbs 25:5 (NIV)
remove wicked officials from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness.
Proverbs 25:6 (NIV)
Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence, and do not claim a place among his great men;
Proverbs 25:7 (NIV)
it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. What you have seen with your eyes
Proverbs 25:8 (NIV)
do not bring hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?
Proverbs 25:9 (NIV)
If you take your neighbor to court, do not betray another’s confidence,
Proverbs 25:10 (NIV)
or the one who hears it may shame you and the charge against you will stand.
Proverbs 25:11 (NIV)
Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given.