Proverbs 25
Treated in 9 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 25:2 God is honored for keeping things hidden, and kings are honored for getting to the bottom of things. 3
- 25:25 Like cold water to someone worn out and thirsty is good news from far away. 2
- 25:14 Like clouds and wind that bring no rain is someone who brags about gifts they never give. 1
- 25:18 Anyone who gives false testimony against a neighbor is a war club, a sword, a sharpened arrow. 1
- 25:21 If your enemy is hungry, give them something to eat; if they are thirsty, give them water to drink, 1
- 25:28 Someone without self-control is a city breached, left with no walls. 1
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Where it is preached
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
Hasn’t Science Disproved God? cites Proverbs 25:2
…“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out” (Proverbs 25:2). That’s still true today. There are Christian physicists, biologists, doctors and…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order cites Prov. 25:2
…know not the works of God, that worketh all. “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing” (Prov. 25:2), and to have “his path as it were in the mighty waters, that his footsteps may not be…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 21 — Of the Eternal Election, by Which God Has Predestinated Some to Salvation, and Others to Destruction cites Prov. 25:2
…“It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory,” (Prov. 25:27). There is good reason to dread a presumption which can only plunge us headlong into…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
III. It is no sign that affections are truly gracious affections, or that they are not, that they cause those who have them to be fluent, fervent, and abundant, in talking of the things of religion cites Prov. 25:14
…represent a great show of religion with the mouth, without answerable fruit in the life: Prov. 25:14, “Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift, is like clouds and wind without rain.” And the…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.9 The Ninth Commandment cites Prov 25: 18
…says, ‘A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is a maul and a sword.’ Prov 25: 18. In his face he is hardened like a hammer: he cannot blush, he cares not what lie he…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 8 — Exposition of the Moral Law cites Prov. 25:21
…his ass if we meet it going astray, or help it up if we see it lying under its burden? (Prov. 25:21; Exod. 23:4). Shall we show kindness to cattle for man’s sake, and have no feeling of…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
“I Presume” cites Proverbs 25:25
“As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.” — Proverbs 25:25, ASV The Journalist Henry Morton Stanley was not, as he liked to suggest, an American. He…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Proverbs 25:25
…refused to go home; he dedicated himself again on his birthday. Scriptures to revisit Proverbs 25:25; Romans 12:1. Reflection 1. Who has brought you “good news from a far country”? 2. What…
- Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 3 ·
Day 10 — Self-Control cites Proverbs 25:28
“Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.” — Proverbs 25:28 (BSB) In Bible times, cities were surrounded by thick, strong walls. The walls kept out…