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A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren

017:002

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts

017:003

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue

017:004

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished

017:005

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers

017:006

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince

017:007

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth

017:008

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends

017:009

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool

017:010

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him

017:011

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly

017:012

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house

017:013

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with

017:014

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD

017:015

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it

017:016

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity

017:017

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend

017:018

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction

017:019

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief

017:020

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy

017:021

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones

017:022

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment

017:023

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth

017:024

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him

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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