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Proverbs 25:1-7

1 These also are proverbs of Shlomo; the men of Hizkiyah king of Y'hudah copied them out:

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

2 God gets glory from concealing things; kings get glory from investigating things.

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

3 Like the sky for height or the earth for depth is the heart of kings - unfathomable.

3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

4 Remove the impurities from the silver, and the smith has material to make a vessel.

4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a silversmith can produce a vessel;

5 Remove the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will rest firmly on righteousness.

5 remove wicked officials from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness.

6 Don't put yourself forward in the king's presence; don't take a place among the great.

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

7 For it is better to be told, "Come up here,"than be degraded in the presence of a nobleman. What your eyes have seen,

7 it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. What you have seen with your eyes