World English Bible · The united kingdom
Proverbs 11
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A false balance is an to , but accurate weights are his delight. When pride comes, then comes , but with humility comes . The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them. Riches don't profit in the , but delivers from . The of the blameless will direct his way, but shall fall by his own wickedness. The of the upright shall them, but the will be trapped by evil . When a man dies, perishes, and of comes to nothing. A person is out of trouble, and takes his place. With his the godless man destroys his neighbor, but will be through knowledge. When it goes well with , the city rejoices. When , there is shouting. By the of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown . One who despises his neighbor is void of , but a man of holds his peace. One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy is one who keeps a secret. Where there is no guidance, the nation falls, but in of there is victory. He who is collateral for a will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure. A woman obtains , but men obtain riches. The merciful man does good to his own , but he who is cruel troubles his own . people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows reaps a sure reward. He who is truly gets life. He who pursues evil gets . Those who are perverse in are an to , but those whose ways are blameless are his delight. Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the of will be . Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. The of is only good. The of is . There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains . The liberal shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself. People someone who withholds grain, but will be on the head of him who sells it. He who diligently seeks good seeks , but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him. He who trusts in his riches will fall, but shall flourish as the green leaf. He who troubles his own house shall the wind. The foolish shall be servant to of . The fruit of is a . He who is wins . Behold, shall be repaid in the earth, how much more and the !
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The world at this moment · The united kingdom, 1050 BC to 931 BC ›
Saul, David, and Solomon. A rare window when both Egypt and Mesopotamia are weak, which is how a small kingdom in the corridor between them could briefly become a regional power.
- The power vacuum
- This is the whole political explanation for the united kingdom. Egypt is fragmented, Assyria is recovering but still local, the Hittites are gone, and nobody is in a position to object to a strong state in the corridor. It lasts about a century, and Israel's golden age fits exactly inside it.
- Phoenicia
- Tyre under Hiram is the commercial power of the coast, and supplies the cedar, the craftsmen, and the shipping for Solomon's building programme. The alliance is trade, not charity: Israel had grain and a land route, Tyre had timber and ships.
- Egypt
- Weak enough that a pharaoh gives a daughter in marriage to an Israelite king, which is the opposite of Egyptian practice in stronger centuries. Late in the era it recovers under a new house, and Shishak will invade within five years of Solomon's death.
- Further afield
- Greece is still in its dark age but beginning to recover, and will adopt the Phoenician alphabet within a century or two. Carthage is founded by settlers from Tyre by tradition in 814 BC. In the Americas the Olmec centre shifts to La Venta.