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Proverbs 17:16-26
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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
[a]
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
[b]
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.
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[a].
understanding: Heb. heart
[b].
He that hath a froward...: Heb. The froward of heart
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