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Scripture Context
Proverbs 24:29 - Proverbs 25:4
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;
34 So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 25
Intro: Observations about kings, and causes of quarrels.
1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.