King James Version · The united kingdom
Proverbs 15
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A soft answer turneth away : but grievous words stir up . of useth knowledge aright: but the of fools poureth out foolishness. The eyes of are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. A wholesome is a : but perverseness therein is a breach in . A fool despiseth his ’s : but he that regardeth is prudent. In the house of is much : but in the revenues of is trouble. of disperse knowledge: but of the foolish doeth not so. The of is an to : but the of the upright is his delight. of is an unto : but he loveth him that followeth after . is grievous unto him that forsaketh : and he that hateth shall . Hell and are before : how much more then the of the children of men? A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto . A merry maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of is broken. of him that hath seeketh knowledge: but the of fools feedeth on foolishness. All the days of are evil: but he that is of a merry hath a continual feast. Better is little with the than great and trouble therewith. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is appeaseth strife. of the slothful man is as an hedge of : but of is made plain. A son maketh a glad : but a foolish man despiseth his mother. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of : but a man of walketh uprightly. Without purposes are disappointed: but in of counsellors they are established. A man hath joy by the answer of his : and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! of life is above to , that he may depart from hell beneath. will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the . The of are an to : but the words of the pure are pleasant words. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. of studieth to answer: but the of poureth out evil things. is far from : but he heareth the of . of the eyes rejoiceth : and a good report maketh the bones fat. The ear that heareth the of life abideth among . He that refuseth despiseth his own : but he that heareth getteth . The is the of ; and before is humility.
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.