King James Version · The united kingdom
Proverbs 19
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Better is that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his , and is a fool. Also, that the be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and fretteth against . Wealth maketh many friends; but is separated from his neighbour. A false shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. Many will intreat the of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. All the brethren of do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. He that getteth loveth his own : he that keepeth shall find good. A false shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall . Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have princes. The discretion of a man deferreth his ; and it is his to pass over a . The king’s is as the roaring of a lion; but his is as upon the grass. A foolish son is the calamity of his : and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. House and riches are the of fathers: and a prudent wife is from . Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle shall suffer . He that keepeth the keepeth his own ; but he that despiseth his ways shall . He that hath upon lendeth unto ; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. thy son while there is , and let not thy spare for his crying. A man of great shall suffer punishment: for if thou him, yet thou must do it again. Hear , and receive , that thou mayest be in thy latter end. There are many devices in a man’s ; nevertheless , that shall stand. The of a man is his kindness: and a man is better than a liar. The tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. A slothful man hideth his hand , and will not so much as bring it to his again. Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath , and he will understand knowledge. He that wasteth his , and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth , and bringeth . Cease, my son, to hear the that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. An ungodly scorneth : and the of devoureth . Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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.