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<p>Created page with &quot;&lt;center&gt;&lt;big&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Book of Proverbs&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Chapter 17&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;center&gt;&lt;small&gt;&#039;&#039;Sundry observations and virtues, and their contrary vices, continued.&#039;&#039;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt;...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;center&gt;&lt;big&gt;'''Book of Proverbs&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Chapter 17'''&lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;center&gt;&lt;small&gt;''Sundry observations and virtues, and their contrary vices, continued.''&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> '''1''' Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.<br /> <br /> '''2''' A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.<br /> <br /> '''3''' The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.<br /> <br /> '''4''' A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.<br /> <br /> '''5''' Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.<br /> <br /> '''6''' Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.<br /> <br /> '''7''' Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.<br /> <br /> '''8''' A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.<br /> <br /> '''9''' He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.<br /> <br /> '''10''' A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.<br /> <br /> '''11''' An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.<br /> <br /> '''12''' Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.<br /> <br /> '''13''' Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.<br /> <br /> '''14''' The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.<br /> <br /> '''15''' He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.<br /> <br /> '''16''' Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?<br /> <br /> '''17''' A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.<br /> <br /> '''18''' A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.<br /> <br /> '''19''' He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.<br /> <br /> '''20''' He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.<br /> <br /> '''21''' He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.<br /> <br /> '''22''' A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.<br /> <br /> '''23''' A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.<br /> <br /> '''24''' Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.<br /> <br /> '''25''' A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.<br /> <br /> '''26''' Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.<br /> <br /> '''27''' He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.<br /> <br /> '''28''' Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Footnotes==<br /> &lt;small&gt;&lt;references/&gt;&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Template:Poetical Books}}<br /> {{Template:Old Testament}}<br /> [[Category:Conservapedia Study Bible]]</div>

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