Proverbs:17

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* Better is a dry morsel , and quietness therewith , Than a house full of flesh –banquets with strife . * A prudent servant shall rule over a son who causeth shame ; Yea , with brothers he shall share the inheritance . * The refining –pot is for silver , and the furnace for gold ; But the LORD trieth hearts . * An evil –doer listeneth to mischievous lips ; And a liar giveth ear to a destructive tongue . * Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker ; He that is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished . * Children ’s children are the crown of the aged , And their fathers the glory of sons . * Excellent speech becometh not the base ; How much less lying lips the noble ! * A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of him who taketh it ; Whithersoever it turneth it hath success . * He who covereth an offence seeketh love ; But he who recurreth to a matter removeth a friend . * A reproof will penetrate deeper into a wise man Than a hundred stripes into a fool . * An evil man seeketh only rebellion ; Therefore shall a cruel messenger be sent against him . * Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps , Rather than a fool in his folly . * Whoso returneth evil for good , Evil shall not depart from his house . * The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water ; Therefore leave off contention before it rolleth onward . * He that justifieth the wicked , And he that condemneth the just , Both alike are an abomination to the LORD . * Why should a price be in the hand of a fool To get wisdom , seeing he hath no sense ? * A friend loveth at all times ; But in adversity he is born a brother . * A man who lacketh understanding striketh hands , And becometh surety in the presence of his friend . * He who loveth strife loveth transgression ; He who raiseth high his gate seeketh ruin . * He that is of a deceitful heart shall find no good ; And he that turneth about with his tongue shall fall into mischief . * Whoso begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow ; Yea , the father of the fool hath no joy . * A merry heart doeth good to the body ; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones . * The wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom , To pervert the ways of judgment . * Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding ; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth . * A foolish son is a grief to his father , And bitterness to her that bore him . * Moreover , to punish the righteous is not good , Nor to smite the noble for their equity . * He that spareth his words is imbued with knowledge ; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding . * Even a fool , when he is silent , is accounted wise ; He that shutteth his lips is a man of understanding .

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