Proverbs 25:1

King Hezekiah lived 250 years after King Solomon. Hezekiah was a good king. He served God.

Hezekiah established again the temple (house of God in Jerusalem), which Solomon built. King Hezekiah’s officials found some more proverbs (wise words). So they added these proverbs to Solomon’s book.

Solomon wrote these proverbs (wise words). Or perhaps these proverbs were part of Solomon’s collection.

The style of these proverbs (wise words) is different from the style of the proverbs in Chapter s 10 to 22. Some of these later proverbs are longer than the earlier proverbs. And many of these proverbs are in subject groups.

v2 Mysteries prove that God is great.

But a king is great if he understands a mystery.

v3 The skies are high. The earth is deep.

And nobody can know the heart of a king.

v4 Remove the dirt from the silver!

And the skilled workman will make a beautiful object.

v5 Remove evil people from the government!

And the king will rule well.

v6 Do not try to be important.

Do not sit with the great men.

v7 Then the king will say to you, ‘Come here! You are important!’

But otherwise, he will say, ‘Go away! Other men are more important than you.’