King James Version · The united kingdom
Proverbs 11
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A false balance is to : but a weight is his delight. When pride cometh, then cometh : but with the lowly is . The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Riches profit not in the : but delivereth from . The of the perfect shall direct his way: but shall fall by his own wickedness. The of the upright shall them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. When a man dieth, his shall : and the of unjust men perisheth. is out of trouble, and cometh in his stead. An with his destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the be . When it goeth well with , the city rejoiceth: and when , there is shouting. By the of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown . He that is void of despiseth his neighbour: but a man of holdeth his peace. A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a concealeth the matter. Where no is, the people fall: but in of counsellors there is safety. He that is surety for a shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. A woman retaineth : and strong men retain riches. The merciful man doeth good to his own : but he that is cruel troubleth his own . worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth shall be a sure reward. As tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own . They that are of a froward are to : but such as are upright in their way are his delight. Though hand join in hand, shall not be unpunished: but the of shall be . As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. The of is only good: but the of is . There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to . The liberal shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall him: but shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. He that diligently seeketh good procureth : but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but shall flourish as a branch. He that troubleth his own house shall the wind: and the fool shall be servant to of . The fruit of is a ; and he that winneth is . Behold, shall be recompensed in the earth: much more and the .
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
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.