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            <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">Than an house full of sacrifices </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with</span></span><span class="content"> strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">And shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The fining pot </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> for silver, and the furnace for gold:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> trieth the hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Children's children </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the crown of old men;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">And the glory of children </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> their fathers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Excellent speech becometh not a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">Much less do lying lips a prince.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A gift </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is as</span></span><span class="content"> a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">But he that repeateth a matter separateth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">very</span></span><span class="content"> friends.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A reproof entereth more into a wise man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">Than an hundred stripes into a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">An evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> seeketh only rebellion:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">Rather than a fool in his folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoso rewardeth evil for good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">Evil shall not depart from his house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The beginning of strife </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is as</span></span><span class="content"> when one letteth out water:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">Therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">Even they both </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> abomination to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Wherefore </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is there</span></span><span class="content"> a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">Seeing </span><span class="add"><span class="content">he hath</span></span><span class="content"> no heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">to it?</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A friend loveth at all times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">And a brother is born for adversity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A man void of understanding striketh hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> becometh surety in the presence of his friend.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He loveth transgression that loveth strife:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He that hath a froward heart findeth no good:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He that begetteth a fool </span><span class="add"><span class="content">doeth it</span></span><span class="content"> to his sorrow:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">And the father of a fool hath no joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A merry heart doeth good </span><span class="add"><span class="content">like</span></span><span class="content"> a medicine:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">But a broken spirit drieth the bones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> taketh a gift out of the bosom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">To pervert the ways of judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> before him that hath understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">But the eyes of a fool </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A foolish son is a grief to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">And bitterness to her that bare him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Also to punish the just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Nor</span></span><span class="content"> to strike princes for equity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He that hath knowledge spareth his words:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that shutteth his lips </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is esteemed</span></span><span class="content"> a man of understanding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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