KJV King James Version
These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
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Proverbs 25:1
These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
WEB World English Bible
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
ASV American Standard Version
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed:—
Surrounding context — Proverbs 25
1 These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.
3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.
4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
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Proverbs 1:1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;1 Kings 4:32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.Micah 1:1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.Ecclesiastes 12:9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.Hosea 1:1The word of the LORD that came unto 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.Isaiah 1:1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah.Isaiah 36:22Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with [their] clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.Isaiah 37:2And he sent Eliakim, who [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
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