Proverbs 25:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:1 : 1 The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
  • Isa 1:1 : 1 The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
  • Isa 36:22 : 22 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.
  • Isa 37:2 : 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
  • Hos 1:1 : 1 The word of the Lord which came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel.
  • Mic 1:1 : 1 The word of the Lord which came to Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah: his vision about Samaria and Jerusalem.

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  • Prov 25:2-3
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    2 It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

    3 The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.

  • Prov 1:1-2
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    1 The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

    2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

  • 2 Chr 32:32
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    32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and the good he did, are recorded in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
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    22 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23 And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24
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    23 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    24 And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  • Eccl 1:1
    68%

    1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

  • Isa 38:9
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    9 The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been ill, and had got better from his disease.

  • 2 Kgs 20:14
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    14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

  • Song 1:1
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    1 The song of Songs, which is Solomon's.

  • Isa 39:2-5
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    2 And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which he did not let them see.

    3 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

    4 And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.

    5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord of armies:

  • 2 Kgs 20:20
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    20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his power, and how he made the pool and the stream, to take water into the town, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

  • 1 Kgs 4:31-34
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    31 For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.

    32 He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.

    33 He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

    34 People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 11:41
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    41 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?

  • Eccl 1:12-13
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    12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

    13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

  • 2 Chr 1:12
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    12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

  • Eccl 12:9
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    9 And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

  • Job 15:18
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    18 (The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

  • 2 Chr 28:26
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    26 Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

  • 2 Chr 32:26-27
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    26 But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.

    27 And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

  • Isa 37:5
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    5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • Prov 30:1
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    1 The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:

  • 2 Kgs 20:16
    66%

    16 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 5:7
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    7 And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Eccl 9:13
    66%

    13 This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

  • Neh 10:17
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    17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

  • 2 Chr 35:27
    66%

    27 And all his acts, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 16:19
    66%

    19 Now the rest of the things which Ahaz did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

  • Prov 1:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

    6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

  • 2 Chr 32:30
    65%

    30 It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Isa 37:15
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    15 And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,

  • 2 Chr 1:15
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    15 And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

  • 2 Kgs 19:5
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    5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
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    26 But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,

  • Ps 45:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.