Proverbs 25:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

These are also Parables of Salomon, which the men of Hezekiah King of Iudah copied out.

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  • Prov 1:1 : 1 The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
  • 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 And Salomon spake three thousand prouerbs: and his songs were a thousand and fiue.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 And the more wise the Preacher was, the more he taught the people knowledge, and caused them to heare, and searched foorth, and prepared many parables.
  • Isa 1:1 : 1 A Vision of Isaiah, the sonne of Amoz, which he sawe concerning Iudah and Ierusalem: in the dayes of Vzziah, Iotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah.
  • Isa 36:22 : 22 Then came Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah the steward of the house, and Shebna the chanceller, and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder, vnto Hezekiah with rent clothes, and tolde him the wordes of Rabshakeh.
  • Isa 37:2 : 2 And he sent Eliakim the stewarde of the house, aud Shebna the chanceller, with the Elders of the Priestes, clothed in sackcloth vnto Isaiah the Prophet, the sonne of Amoz.
  • Hos 1:1 : 1 The worde of the Lorde that came vnto Hosea the sonne of Beeri, in the daies of Vzziah, Iotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah, and in the daies of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash king of Israel.
  • Mic 1:1 : 1 The word of the Lorde, that came vnto Micah the Morashite in the dayes of Iotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah, which he sawe concerning Samaria, and Ierusalem.

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  • Prov 25:2-3
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    2 The glorie of God is to conceale a thing secret: but the Kings honour is to search out a thing.

    3 The heaues in height, & the earth in deepenes, and the Kings heart can no man search out.

  • Prov 1:1-2
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    1 The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,

    2 To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

  • 32 Concerning the rest of the actes of Hezekiah, and his goodnesse, beholde, they are written in the vision of Ishiah the Prophet, the sonne of Amoz, in the booke of the Kings of Iudah and Israel.

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    22 So King Salomon excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.

    23 And all the Kings of the earth sought the presence of Salomon, to heare his wisedome that God had put in his heart.

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    23 So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.

    24 And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,

  • 1 The wordes of the Preacher, the sonne of Dauid King in Ierusalem.

  • 9 The writing of Hezekiah King of Iudah, when he had bene sicke, and was recouered of his sickenesse.

  • 14 Then Isaiah the Prophet came vnto King Hezekiah, and saide vnto him, What saide these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be come from a farre countrey, euen from Babel.

  • 1 An excellent song which was Salomons.

  • Isa 39:2-5
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    2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of the treasures, the siluer, and the golde, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was founde in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his kingdome that Hezekiah shewed them not.

    3 Then came Isaiah the Prophet vnto King Hezekiah, & said vnto him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah saide, They are come from a farre countrey vnto me, from Babel.

    4 Then saide he, What haue they seene in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house haue they seene: there is nothing among my treasures, that I haue not shewed them.

    5 And Isaiah saide to Hezekiah, Heare the worde of the Lord of hostes,

  • 20 Concerning the rest of the actes of Hezekiah, and all his valiant deedes, and howe he made a poole and a cundite, and brought water into the citie, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

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    31 For he was wiser then any man: yea, then were Ethan the Ezrahite, the Heman, then Chalcol, then Darda the sonnes of Mahol: and he was famous throughout all nations round about.

    32 And Salomon spake three thousand prouerbs: and his songs were a thousand and fiue.

    33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, euen vnto the hyssope that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of foules, and of creeping thinges, and of fishes.

    34 And there came of all people to heare the wisedome of Salomon, from all Kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisedome.

  • 41 And the rest of the wordes of Salomon, and all that he did, and his wisedom, are they not written in the booke of the actes of Salomon?

  • Eccl 1:12-13
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    12 I the Preacher haue bene King ouer Israel in Ierusalem:

    13 And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by all things that are done vnder the heauen: (this sore trauaile hath GOD giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby)

  • 12 Wisdome and knowledge is granted vnto thee, and I will giue thee riches and treasures and honour, so that there hath not bene the like among the Kings which were before thee, neither after thee shal there be the like.

  • 9 And the more wise the Preacher was, the more he taught the people knowledge, and caused them to heare, and searched foorth, and prepared many parables.

  • 18 Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:

  • 26 Concerning the rest of his actes, and all his wayes first and last, beholde, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Iudah, and Israel.

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    26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled him selfe (after that his heart was lifted vp) he and the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and the wrath of the Lorde came not vpon them in the dayes of Hezekiah.

    27 Hezekiah also had exceeding much riches and honour, and he gate him treasures of siluer, and of golde, and of precious stones, and of sweete odours, and of shieldes, and of all pleasant vessels:

  • 5 So the seruants of the King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • 1 The prophecie which ye man spake vnto Ithiel, euen to Ithiel, and Vcal.

  • 16 And Isaiah said vnto Hezekiah, Heare the worde of the Lorde.

  • 7 And when Hiram heard the wordes of Salomon, he reioyced greatly, and sayde, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath giuen vnto Dauid a wise sonne ouer this mightie people.

  • 23 A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • 13 I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.

  • 17 Ater, Hizkiiah, Azzur,

  • 27 And his deedes, first and last, behold, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Israel and Iudah.

  • 19 Concerning the rest of the actes of Ahaz, which he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

  • Prov 1:5-6
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    5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

    6 To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.

  • 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the vpper water springs of Gihon, & led them streight vnderneath towarde the citie of Dauid Westwarde. so Hezekiah prospered in all his workes.

  • 4 Then the Queene of Sheba sawe all Salomons wisedome, and the house that he had built,

  • 25 (7:27) I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

  • 15 And Hezekiah prayed vnto the Lorde, saying,

  • 15 And the King gaue siluer and gold at Ierusalem as stones, & gaue cedar trees as the wilde figge trees, that are abundantly in the playne.

  • 5 So the seruants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • 26 But to the King of Iudah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shal ye say vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, The words which thou hast heard, shal come to passe.

  • 1 To him that excelleth on Shoshannim a song of loue to giue instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah. Mine heart will vtter forth a good matter: I wil intreat in my workes of the King: my tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.