Proverbs 25

Question 1

Proverbs 25:2

Answer 1

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Question 2

Proverbs 25:15

Answer 2

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone

Question 3

Proverbs 25:17

Answer 3

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
lest he have his fill of you and hate you

Question 4

Proverbs 25:20

Answer 4

Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart
is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
and like vinegar on soda

Question 5

Proverbs 25:21-22

Answer 5

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the LORD will reward you

Question 6

Proverbs 25:24

Answer 6

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife

Question 7

Proverbs 25:27

Answer 7

It is not good to eat much honey,
nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory

Question 8

Proverbs 25:28

Answer 8

A man without self-control

is like a city broken into and left without walls

Question 9

Proverbs 25:11

Answer 9

A word fitly spoken

is like apples of gold in a setting of silver

Question 10

Proverbs 25:16

Answer 10

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,

lest you have your fill of it and vomit it

Question 11

Proverbs 25:6-7a

Answer 11

Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
or stand in the place of the great,
for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble

Question 12

Proverbs 25:12

Answer 12

Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold
is a wise reprover to a listening ear

Question 13

Proverbs 25:23

Answer 13

The north wind brings forth rain,

and a backbiting tongue, angry looks

Question 14

Proverbs 25:1

Answer 14

These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied