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Proverbs 17:2-12

2 An insightful servant rules over a disgraceful son and will divide an inheritance with the brothers.

2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

3 A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

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

4 An evildoer pays attention to guilty lips; a liar listens to a destructive tongue.

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

5 Those who mock the poor insult their maker; those who rejoice in disaster won't go unpunished.

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

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

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

7 Too much talking isn't right for a fool; even less so false speech for an honorable person.

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

8 A bribe seems magical in the eyes of those who give it, granting success to all who use it.

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

9 One who seeks love conceals an offense, but one who repeats it divides friends.

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

10 A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person than a hundred lashes to a fool.

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

11 Evil people seek only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

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

12 Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than fools in their folly.

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