Proverbs 17:2-10

²A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

³As is the fining pot for siluer, and the fornace for golde, so the Lord trieth the heartes.

⁴The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

⁵Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction, shall not be vnpunished.

⁶Childres children are the crowne of the elders: and the glory of ye children are their fathers.

⁷Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

⁸A rewarde is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that haue it: it prospereth, whithersoeuer it turneth.

⁹Hee that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue: but hee that repeateth a matter, separateth the prince.

¹⁰A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.