Proverbs 25:1
25:1 These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the {a} men of
     Hezekiah king of Judah {b} copied out.

     (a) Whom Hezekiah appointed for this purpose.
     (b) That is, gathered out of various books of Solomon.

Proverbs 25:2
25:2 [It is] the glory of God to {c} conceal a thing: but the
     honour of {d} kings [is] to search out a matter.

     (c) God does not reveal the cause of his judgments to man.
     (d) Because the king rules by the revealed word of God, the
         cause of his doings must appear, and therefore he must
         use diligence in trying causes.

Proverbs 25:3
25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the
     heart of {e} kings [is] unsearchable.

     (e) He shows that it is too hard for man to attain the
         reason of all the secret doings of the king, even when
         he is upright and does his duty.

Proverbs 25:4
25:4 Take away the {f} dross from the silver, and there shall
     come forth a vessel for the refiner.

     (f) When vice is removed from a king, he is a meet vessel
         for the Lord's use.

Proverbs 25:5
25:5 Take {g} away the wicked [from] before the king, and his
     throne shall be established in righteousness.

     (g) It is not enough that he is pure himself, but that he
         put away others who are corrupted.

Proverbs 25:10
25:10 Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thy
      infamy {h} turn not away.

      (h) Lest while you think by this means to have an end of
          the matter, it put you to further trouble.

Proverbs 25:13
25:13 As the cold of snow {i} in the time of harvest, [so is] a
      faithful messenger to them that send him: for he
      refresheth the soul of his masters.

      (i) In the time of great heat, when men desire cold.

Proverbs 25:14
25:14 Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] {k}
      clouds and wind without rain.

      (k) Which have an outward appearance, and are nothing
          within.

Proverbs 25:15
25:15 By long {l} forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft
      tongue breaketh the {m} bone.

      (l) By not creating opportunity to provoke him further.
      (m) That is, the heart that is bent to anger, as in
          Proverbs 15:1.

Proverbs 25:16
25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is {n} sufficient
      for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

      (n) Use moderately the pleasures of this world.

Proverbs 25:20
25:20 [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and
      as] vinegar upon {o} soda, so [is] he that singeth songs
      to an heavy heart.

      (o) Which melts it, and consumes it.

Proverbs 25:22
25:22 For thou shalt heap {p} coals of fire upon his head, and
      the LORD shall reward thee.

      (p) You will, as if by force, overcome him, in so much
          that his own conscience will move him to acknowledge
          the benefits, and his heart will be inflamed.

Proverbs 25:28
25:28 He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a
      city [that is] {q} broken down, [and] without walls.

      (q) And so is in extreme danger.