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17 Better a dry crust with peace
than a house full of feasting with strife.k
2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and share an inheritance among brothers.
3 A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,l
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.m
4 A wicked person listens to malicious talk;C
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
5 The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,n
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.o
6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of children is their fathers.
7 Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.
8 A bribep seems like a magic stone to its owner;
wherever he turns, he succeeds.q
9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,r
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.s
10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
11 An evil person desires only rebellion;
a cruel messengerD,t will be sent against him.
12 Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubsu
than a fool in his foolishness.
13 If anyone returns evil for good,v
evil will never depart from his house.w
14 To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out.x
15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the justy—
both are detestable to the Lord.
16 Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?z
17 A friend loves at all times,aa
and a brother is born for a difficult time.
18 One without sense enters an agreementA
and puts up security for his friend.a
19 One who loves to offend loves strife;b
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.
20 One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.c
21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.d
22 A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.e
23 A wicked person secretly takes a bribef
to subvert the course of justice.g
24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyesh roam to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.i
26 It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty.B,j
27 The one who has knowledge restrains his words,k
and one who keeps a cool headC
is a person of understanding.
28 Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent—
discerning, when he seals his lips.l
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