From 9a39da15012067fb7cc2966d219942d1f409ac7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Kingston Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:43:14 -0500 Subject: Start work on encoding bible - Get bible text - Write code to generate huffman encoding --- bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_25_read.txt | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_25_read.txt (limited to 'bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_25_read.txt') diff --git a/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_25_read.txt b/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_25_read.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0005077 --- /dev/null +++ b/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_25_read.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Proverbs. +Chapter 25. +These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah. +It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out. +The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out. +Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker. +Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness. +Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great: +For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler. +Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame? +Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another: +Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away. +A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver. +Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention. +As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master. +As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given. +A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken. +If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down. +Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate. +One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow. +Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot. +Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart. +If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water: +For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward. +As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly. +It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house. +As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country. +Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers. +It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured. +He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into. -- cgit v1.2.3