Catholic Public Domain Version

Proverbs 25:22-28 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

22. For you will gather hot coals upon his head, and the Lord will repay you.

23. The north wind brings forth the rain, and a sorrowful face brings forth a detracting tongue.

24. It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with an argumentative woman and in a shared house.

25. Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so too are good reports from a far away land.

26. The just falling down before the impious is like a fountain stirred up by feet and like a corrupted spring.

27. Just as whoever eats too much honey, it is not good for him, so also whoever is an investigator of what is majestic will be overwhelmed by glory.

28. Just like a city lying in the open and without surrounding walls, so also is a man who is unable to restrain his own spirit in speaking.