Proverbs 17:7-16
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7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
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10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
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16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?