Proverbs:17

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* Better is dry bread in peace than a house full of feasting with discord . * A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame and share the inheritance among the brothers . * The refining pot is for silver , and the furnace for gold but Jehovah proves the heart . * The evildoer pays attention to false lips . A liar listens attentively to a wicked tongue . * When you mock the poor you disgrace your Maker . He who is glad at calamity will be punished . * Grandchildren are the crowns of old men . Fathers take pride in their children . * Excellent speech does not fit a fool ; much less do lying lips a prince . * A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes its owner . He prospers in everything he does . * He who covers a transgression seeks love but he who gossips breaks up friendships . * Reproof influences a wise man more than a hundred stripes does to a fool . * An evil man seeks only rebellion . Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him . * Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs then a fool in his foolishness . * Offer evil for good and evil will not depart from your house . * Starting a quarrel is like releasing water . Therefore stop contention before it begins . * Justify the wicked or condemn the just . Both are abomination to Jehovah . * Is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom ? He has no sense ! * A friend loves at all times . A true brother is born for adversity . * A man without understanding shakes hands and becomes surety for his friend . * He who loves transgression loves discord . He who opens his door seeks destruction . * He who has a deceitful heart finds no good . He who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief . * He who gives birth to a fool does it to his sorrow because the father of a fool has no joy . * A merry heart is good medicine but a broken spirit dries up the bones . * A wicked man takes a bribe to pervert the ways of judgment . * Wisdom is near the one who understands . But the eyes of a fool are far away at the ends of the earth . * A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to his mother . * It is not good to punish the righteous . It is not good to strike princes because of their uprightness . * The man with knowledge restrains his words . A man of understanding has a quiet spirit . * Even a fool , when he holds his peace , is counted wise ! He who shuts his mouth is esteemed a man of understanding .

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