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Proverbs 17:17-27
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Proverbs 17:17-27
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17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18
A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
19
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
20
A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
21
A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy.
22
A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
23
A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
24
A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
26
To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.
27
He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.