King James Version · The united kingdom
Proverbs 16
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The preparations of in man, and the answer of , is from . All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but weigheth the spirits. Commit thy works unto , and thy shall be established. hath made all things for himself: yea, even for the day of evil. Every one that is proud in is an to : though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. By is purged: and by the men depart from evil. When a man’s ways please , he maketh even his to be at peace with him. Better is a little with than great revenues without right. A man’s deviseth his way: but directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in of the king: his transgresseth not in . A weight and balance are ’s: all the weights of the bag are his work. It is an to kings to commit wickedness: for is established by . are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. The of a king is as of : but a man will pacify it. In of the king’s countenance is life; and his is as a cloud of the . How much better is it to get than gold! and to get rather to be chosen than silver! The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his . Pride goeth before , and an haughty before a fall. Better it is to be of an humble with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in , happy is he. in shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of increaseth learning. is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the of fools is folly. of teacheth his , and addeth learning to his . Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the , and health to the bones. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of . He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his craveth it of him. An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his there is as a burning . A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. A man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into that is not good. He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his he bringeth evil to pass. The hoary head is a of , if it be found in of . He that is is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his than he that taketh a city. The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of .
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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.