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Proverbs 17:1-10

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1 Better a dry piece of bread with calm than a house full of food but also full of strife.
2 An intelligent slave will rule a shameful son and share the inheritance with the brothers.
3 The crucible [tests] silver, and the furnace [tests] gold, but the one who tests hearts is ADONAI.
4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips; a liar listens to destructive talk.
5 He who mocks the poor insults his maker; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, while the glory of children is their ancestors.
7 Fine speech is unbecoming to a boor, and even less lying lips to a leader.
8 A bribe works like a charm, in the view of him who gives it -wherever it turns, it succeeds.
9 He who conceals an offense promotes love, but he who harps on it can separate even close friends.
10 A rebuke makes more impression on a person of understanding than a hundred blows on a fool.
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Proverbs 17:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 7

This chapter gives an account of some buildings of Solomon for himself, 1Ki 7:1-12; and of other things for the use of the temple; of two pillars of brass, 1Ki 7:13-22; of the molten sea, 1Ki 7:23-26; and of ten bases, and ten layers on them, 1Ki 7:27-39; with other utensils and ornaments, 1Ki 7:40-51.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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