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| 17:1 |
Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
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| 17:2 |
A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.
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| 17:3 |
A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah.
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| 17:4 |
An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
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| 17:5 |
Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
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| 17:6 |
Sons' sons [are] the crown of old men, And the glory of sons [are] their fathers.
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| 17:7 |
Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.
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| 17:8 |
A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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| 17:9 |
Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.
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| 17:10 |
Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
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| 17:11 |
An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
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| 17:12 |
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
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| 17:13 |
Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
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| 17:14 |
The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
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| 17:15 |
Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these [are] an abomination to Jehovah.
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| 17:16 |
Why [is] this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
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| 17:17 |
At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
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| 17:18 |
A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
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| 17:19 |
Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
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| 17:20 |
The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
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| 17:21 |
Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
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| 17:22 |
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
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| 17:23 |
A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
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| 17:24 |
The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.
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| 17:25 |
A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
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| 17:26 |
Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.
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| 17:27 |
One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper [is] a man of understanding.
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| 17:28 |
Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
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