King James Version · The united kingdom
Proverbs 13
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A son heareth his ’s : but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his : but the of the transgressors shall eat . He that keepeth his keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his shall have . The of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the of the diligent shall be made fat. A man hateth lying: but a man is loathsome, and cometh to . keepeth him that is upright in : but wickedness overthroweth the . There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself , yet hath great riches. The of a man’s life are his riches: but heareth not rebuke. of rejoiceth: but the lamp of shall be put out. Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is . Wealth gotten by shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. deferred maketh sick: but when the cometh, it is a . Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the shall be rewarded. of is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of . Good giveth : but of transgressors is hard. Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. A falleth into mischief: but a ambassador is health. and shall be to him that refuseth : but he that regardeth shall be honoured. The accomplished is sweet to the : but it is to fools to depart from evil. He that walketh with men shall be : but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Evil pursueth : but to good shall be repayed. A good man leaveth an to his children’s children: and the wealth of the is laid up for the . Much food is in the tillage of : but there is that is destroyed for want of . He that spareth his hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. eateth to the satisfying of his : but the belly of shall want.
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.