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Proverbs 17:8
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Proverbs 17:8
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A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
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Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of sons is their fathers.
7
Excessive speech is not appropriate on a fool's lips; how much worse are lies for a ruler.
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A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
9
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
10
A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
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[a].
Pr 18:16; 19:6; 21:14
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