Proverbs 17:7-13

⁷Words well-set together beseem not a fool; and a lying lip becometh not a prince.

⁸A precious stone most acceptable is the abiding of him that seeketh; whither ever he turneth himself, he understandeth prudently.

⁹He that covereth trespass, seeketh friendships; he that rehearseth by an high word, separateth them that be knit together in peace.

¹⁰A blaming profiteth more at a prudent man, than an hundred wounds at a fool.

¹¹Ever an evil man seeketh strives; forsooth a cruel angel shall be sent against him.

¹²It speedeth more to meet a female bear, when her whelps be ravished, than a fool trusting to himself in his folly.

¹³Evil shall not go away from the house of him, that yieldeth evils for goods.