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| | Pro 17:1 | Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
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| | Pro 17:2 | A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
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| | Pro 17:3 | The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tries hearts.
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| | Pro 17:4 | An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
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| | Pro 17:5 | He who mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
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| | Pro 17:6 | Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.
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| | Pro 17:7 | Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
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| | Pro 17:8 | A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
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| | Pro 17:9 | He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.
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| | Pro 17:10 | A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
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| | Pro 17:11 | An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
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| | Pro 17:12 | Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
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| | Pro 17:13 | If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
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| | Pro 17:14 | The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
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| | Pro 17:15 | He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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| | Pro 17:16 | Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind?
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| | Pro 17:17 | A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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| | Pro 17:18 | A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
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| | Pro 17:19 | He who loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
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| | Pro 17:20 | A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
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| | Pro 17:21 | A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy.
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| | Pro 17:22 | A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
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| | Pro 17:23 | A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
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| | Pro 17:24 | A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
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| | Pro 17:25 | A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
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| | Pro 17:26 | To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.
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| | Pro 17:27 | He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
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| | Pro 17:28 | Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
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