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Proverbs - ch 17 v 1 - 20
- Better `is' a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
- A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.
- A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.
- An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
- Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
- Sons' sons `are' the crown of old men, And the glory of sons `are' their fathers.
- Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.
- A stone of grace `is' the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
- Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.
- Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
- An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
- The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
- Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
- The beginning of contention `is' a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
- Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.
- Why `is' this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
- At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
- A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
- Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
- The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
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