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The most popular Bible verses from Proverbs 25

Found 28 Verses

Proverbs 25:26

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Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked. NIV

Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who yields, falls down, and compromises his integrity before the wicked. AMP

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. KJV

Proverbs 25:27

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It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep. NIV

It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to seek glory, their own glory, causes suffering and is not glory. AMP

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. KJV

Proverbs 25:11

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Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given. NIV

A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver. [Prov. 15:23; Isa. 50:4.] AMP

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. KJV

Proverbs 25:21

Bible Rank: 17,053

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. NIV

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; [Matt. 5:44; Rom. 12:20.] AMP

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: KJV

Proverbs 25:2

Bible Rank: 17,105

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. NIV

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a thing. [Deut. 29:29; Rom. 11:33.] AMP

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. KJV

Proverbs 25:28

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Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control. NIV

He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls. [Prov. 16:32.] AMP

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. KJV

Proverbs 25:6

Bible Rank: 18,131

Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence, and do not claim a place among his great men; NIV

Be not forward (self-assertive and boastfully ambitious) in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men; AMP

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: KJV

Proverbs 25:1

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These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah: NIV

THESE ARE also the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied: [I Kings 4:32.] AMP

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. KJV

Proverbs 25:25

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Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. NIV

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far [home] country. AMP

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. KJV

Proverbs 25:16

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If you find honey, eat just enough – too much of it, and you will vomit. NIV

Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest, being filled with it, you vomit it. AMP

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. KJV