King James Version · The united kingdom
Proverbs 12
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Whoso loveth loveth knowledge: but he that hateth is brutish. A good man obtaineth of : but a man of devices will he condemn. A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of shall not be moved. A virtuous woman is a to her husband: but she that maketh is as rottenness in his bones. The of are right: but the counsels of are deceit. The words of are to lie in wait for : but the of the upright shall them. are overthrown, and are not: but the house of shall stand. A man shall be commended according to his : but he that is of a perverse shall be despised. He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. A man regardeth the life of his beast: but the of are cruel. He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth persons is void of . desireth the net of evil men: but the root of yieldeth fruit. is snared by the of his : but the shall come out of trouble. A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his : and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him. of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto is . A fool’s is presently known: but a prudent man covereth . He that speaketh truth sheweth forth : but a false deceit. There is that speaketh like the piercings of a : but of is health. The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying is but for a moment. Deceit is in of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. There shall no evil happen to the : but shall be filled with mischief. are to : but they that deal truly are his delight. A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but of fools proclaimeth foolishness. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Heaviness in of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. is more excellent than his neighbour: but of seduceth them. The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. In of is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no .
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.