Prv17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.∫∫
Prv17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Prv17:5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Prv17:6 Children''s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Prv17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Prv17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Prv17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Prv17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Prv17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Prv17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Prv17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Prv17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Prv17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he