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89 lines
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The Lord Tests Hearts
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# Chapter 17
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1. Better is a dry morsel with quietness,
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Than a house full of feasting with strife.
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2. A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame,
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And will share an inheritance among the brothers.
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3. The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
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But the Lord tests the hearts.
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4. An evildoer gives heed to false lips;
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A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.
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5. He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
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He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
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6. Children's children are the crown of old men,
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And the glory of children is their father.
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7. Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,
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Much less lying lips to a prince.
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8. A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;
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Wherever he turns, he prospers.
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9. He who covers a transgression seeks love,
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But he who repeats a matter separates friends.
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10. Rebuke is more effective for a wise man
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Than a hundred blows on a fool.
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11. An evil man seeks only rebellion;
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Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
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12. Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,
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Rather than a fool in his folly.
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13. Whoever rewards evil for good,
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Evil will not depart from his house.
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14. The beginning of strife is like releasing water;
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Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.
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15. He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,
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Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
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16. Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom,
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Since he has no heart for it?
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17. A friend loves at all times,
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And a brother is born for adversity.
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18. A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge,
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And becomes surety for his friend.
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19. He who loves transgression loves strife,
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And he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
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20. He who has a deceitful heart finds no good,
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And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
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21. He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow,
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And the father of a fool has no joy.
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22. A merry heart does good, like medicine,
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But a broken spirit dries the bones.
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23. A wicked man accepts a bribe behind the back
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To pervert the ways of justice.
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24. Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding,
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But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
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25. A foolish son is a grief to his father,
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And bitterness to her who bore him.
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26. Also, to punish the righteous is not good,
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Nor to strike princes for their uprightness.
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27. He who has knowledge spares his words,
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And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.
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28. Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;
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When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.
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