1These also are proverbs of Solomon that the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transmitted.2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and the glory of kings to search out a matter.3As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings has no searching.4Remove dross from silver, and a vessel comes forth for the refiner.5Remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.6Do not honor yourself before the king, and in the place of great men do not stand.7For it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you be brought low before a noble whom your eyes have seen.8Do not go forth quickly to contend, lest you do not know what you will do at its end when your neighbor puts you to shame.9Plead your strife with your neighbor, but the counsel of another do not disclose.10Lest he who hears reproach you, and your slander not return.11Apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken upon its time.12A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold is a wise man who rebukes upon a listening ear.13As the coolness of snow in the day of harvest, so is a faithful envoy to those who send him, and he restores the soul of his lord.14Clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts in a deceptive gift.15By patience a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks bone.16You have found honey; eat your sufficiency, lest you be sated with it and vomit it.17Let your foot be rare in the house of your neighbor, lest he become sated with you and hate you.18A war-club and a sword and a sharpened arrow is a man who answers with deception against his neighbor.19A shattered tooth and a disjointed foot is confidence in one who acts treacherously in the day of distress.20One who takes off a garment in the day of cold, vinegar upon lye, and 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 you will heap coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.23The north wind brings forth rain, and an indignant face a tongue of secrecy.24It is better to dwell in a corner of the roof than in a house of strife with a contentious woman.25Cold water to a thirsty soul, and good news from a far country.26A fouled spring and a ruined fountain is a righteous man who shakes before the wicked.27To eat much honey is not good, and to search out one's own glory is not glory.28A city broken down without walls is a man who lacks self-control.