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The fining-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 naughty tongue.
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He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
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Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [is] 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 [very] friends.
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A reproof entereth more 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 bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.