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Proverbs 17:1-8
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Proverbs 17:1-8
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Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
2
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.
4
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
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Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents.
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Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler.
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A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.
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Or [a noble person]
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.