{
  "_meta": {
    "project": "Latin Prayer",
    "projectUrl": "https://latinprayer.org",
    "apiDocs": "https://latinprayer.org/llms.txt",
    "content": "Proverbs, Chapter 25 — 28 verses (Douay-Rheims)",
    "translation": {
      "name": "Douay-Rheims",
      "language": "en",
      "languageName": "English",
      "copyright": "Public Domain"
    },
    "book": {
      "name": "Proverbs",
      "slug": "proverbs",
      "testament": "OT",
      "order": 22,
      "totalChapters": 31
    },
    "chapter": 25,
    "verseCount": 28,
    "navigation": {
      "htmlUrl": "https://latinprayer.org/bible/proverbs/25/",
      "bookIndex": "https://latinprayer.org/bible/proverbs/index.json",
      "bookHtmlUrl": "https://latinprayer.org/bible/proverbs/",
      "translationIndex": "https://latinprayer.org/bible/index.json",
      "translationHtmlUrl": "https://latinprayer.org/bible/",
      "previousChapter": "https://latinprayer.org/bible/proverbs/24.json",
      "previousChapterHtmlUrl": "https://latinprayer.org/bible/proverbs/24/",
      "nextChapter": "https://latinprayer.org/bible/proverbs/26.json",
      "nextChapterHtmlUrl": "https://latinprayer.org/bible/proverbs/26/"
    },
    "crossReferences": {
      "latin": "https://latinprayer.org/latin/proverbs/25.json",
      "latinHtmlUrl": "https://latinprayer.org/latin/proverbs/25/",
      "german": "https://latinprayer.org/bibel/proverbs/25.json",
      "germanHtmlUrl": "https://latinprayer.org/bibel/sprueche/25/"
    }
  },
  "citation": "Proverbs 25 (Douay-Rheims)",
  "verses": [
    {
      "verse": 1,
      "text": "These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias, king of Juda, copied out.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 2,
      "text": "It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings to search out the speech.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 3,
      "text": "The heaven above and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 4,
      "text": "Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 5,
      "text": "Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne shall be established with justice.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "Appear not glorious before the king, and stand not in the place of great men.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 7,
      "text": "For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 8,
      "text": "The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 9,
      "text": "Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "Lest he insult over thee, when he hath heard it, and cease not to upbraid thee. Grace and friendship deliver a man: keep these for thyself, lest thou fall under reproach.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfil his promises.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "Thou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient for thee, lest being glutted therewith thou vomit it up.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "Withdraw thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, lest having his fill he hate thee.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "To trust in an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink:",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "For thou shalt heap hot coals upon his head, and the Lord will reward thee.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot and a corrupted spring.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 27,
      "text": "As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:27 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 28,
      "text": "As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking.",
      "citation": "Proverbs 25:28 (Douay-Rheims)"
    }
  ]
}