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The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD trieth the hearts.
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A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips, and a liar giveth ear to a wicked tongue.
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Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker, and he that is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished.
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Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children are their fathers.
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Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince.
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A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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He that covereth a transgression seeketh love, but he that repeateth a matter separateth good friends.
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A reproof entereth deeper into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
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An evil man seeketh only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Whoso returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.