Proverbs 25:14-28

New King James Version

^14 (A)Whoever falsely boasts of giving
Is like ^(B)clouds and wind without rain.

^15 (C)By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded,
And a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

¹⁶ Have you found honey?
Eat only as much as you need,
Lest you be filled with it and vomit.

¹⁷ Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house,
Lest he become weary of you and hate you.

^18 (D)A man who bears false witness against his neighbor
Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

¹⁹ Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.

²⁰ Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather,
And like vinegar on soda,
Is one who ^(E)sings songs to a heavy heart.

^21 (F)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
²² For so you will heap coals of fire on his head,
^(G)And the Lord will reward you.

²³ The north wind brings forth rain,
And ^(H)a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

^24 (I)It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

²⁵ As cold water to a weary soul,
So is ^(J)good news from a far country.

²⁶ A righteous man who falters before the wicked
Is like a murky spring and a ^[a]polluted well.

²⁷ It is not good to eat much honey;
So ^(K)to seek one’s own glory is not glory.

^28 (L)Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.