Noah Webster Bible

Proverbs 16

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Chapter 17

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  Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.  

 

 

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  A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.  

 

 

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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.  

 

 

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  The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.  

 

 

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  He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.  

 

 

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  Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?  

 

 

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  A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.  

 

 

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  A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.  

 

 

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  He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.  

 

 

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  He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.  

 

 

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  He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.  

 

 

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  A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.  

 

 

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  A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.  

 

 

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  Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.  

 

 

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  A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.  

 

 

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  Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.  

 

 

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  He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.  

 

 

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  Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.  

 

 

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Proverbs 18

 

 

 

 

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