Proverbs 25:1
ESV
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.
NIV
These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
NASB
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.
CSB
These too are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah, copied.
NLT
These are more proverbs of Solomon, collected by the advisers of King Hezekiah of Judah.
KJV
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
NKJV
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:
What does Proverbs 25:1 mean?
King Hezekiah reigned about 250 years after Solomon (2 Kings 18:1), and he apparently had his scribes collect some of Solomon's additional wise sayings. These curated words make up chapters 25—29. This illustrates God's use of human efforts in preserving Scripture. Although King Hezekiah's scribes collected Solomon's proverbs, God orchestrated the project and guided Solomon, Hezekiah, and the scribes to include only what He wanted to place in the Scriptures.Second Timothy 3:16 assures us that all Scripture was breathed out by God, and 2 Peter 1:20–21 reports "that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." As a result of the divine inspiration of the Scriptures, all Scripture, including the scribes' collection of the proverbs in Proverbs 25—29 are "profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16).
