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Proverbs 17:3-13

3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

5 Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

6 Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler!

8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

8 A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn.

9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

9 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.

11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them.

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.

13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

13 Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good.

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