Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 25:15-23
15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
16If you find honey, eat just what you need,lest you have too much and vomit it up.
17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house,lest he grow weary and hate you.
18Like a club or sword or sharp arrowis a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of jointis confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
20Like one who removes a garment on a cold dayor vinegar poured on a wound1is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.22For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head,2and the LORD will reward you.
23As the north wind brings forth rain,so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
Notes
- 1. Proverbs 25:20 Or on soda ↩
- 2. Proverbs 25:22 LXX; Hebrew For you will heap burning coals on his head; cited in Romans 12:20 ↩
Commentaries on Proverbs 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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