THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
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16:11. Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.
16:12. They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.
16:13. Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved.
16:14. The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.
16:15. In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain.
16:16. Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
16:17. The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.
16:18. Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.
16:19. It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.
16:20. The learned in word shall find good things: and he that trusteth in the Lord is blessed.
16:21. The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and he that is sweet in words, shall attain to greater things.
16:22. Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
16:23. The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth: and shall add grace to his lips.
16:24. Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
16:25. There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.
16:26. The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.
16:27. The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.
16:28. A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.
16:29. An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good.
16:30. He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth evil to pass.
16:31. Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.
16:32. The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh cities.
16:33. Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.
Proverbs Chapter 17
17:1. Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
17:2. A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
17:3. As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.
17:4. The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
17:5. He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his maker: and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.
17:6. Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.
17:7. Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.
17:8. The expectation of him that expecteth is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
17:9. He that concealeth a transgression, seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.
17:10. A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
17:11. An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
17:12. It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
17:13. He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
17:14. The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: and before he suffereth reproach, he forsaketh judgment.
17:15. He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.
17:16. What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.