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