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Proverbs - ch 17 v 1 - 20
- Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
- A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
- As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.
- The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
- He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.
- Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.
- Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.
- The expectation of him that expecteth, is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
- He that concealeth a transgression. seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.
- A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
- An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
- It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
- He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
- The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach he forsaketh judgment.
- He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.
- What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.
- He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
- A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
- He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.
- He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.
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