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Proverbs 17:3-14

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3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers.
7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.

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