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The Proverbs, Chapter 17
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Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house
full of sacrifices with strife.
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2 |
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and
shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
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3 |
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the
LORD trieth the hearts.
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4 |
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to
a naughty tongue.
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5 |
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad
at calamities shall not be unpunished.
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6 |
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of
children are their fathers.
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7 |
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a
prince.
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8 |
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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9 |
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that
repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
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10 |
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes
into a fool.
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11 |
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger
shall be sent against him.
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12 |
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool
in his folly.
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13 |
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his
house.
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14 |
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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15 |
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to the LORD.
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16 |
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
seeing he hath no heart to it?
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A friend loveth at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
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18 |
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety
in the presence of his friend.
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He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth
his gate seeketh destruction.
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20 |
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a
perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
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21 |
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father
of a fool hath no joy.
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22 |
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
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23 |
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways
of judgment.
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24 |
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a
fool are in the ends of the earth.
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25 |
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her
that bare him.
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26 |
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for
equity.
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He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of
understanding is of an excellent spirit.
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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he
that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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