Proverbs 17
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Proverbs 17:7-10

7EloquentH3499 wordsH8193 are unfitH3808H5000 for a foolH5036; how much worseH637H3588 are lyingH8267 lipsH8193 to a rulerH5081!

8A bribeH7810 is a charmH2580H68 toH5869 its giverH1167;whereverH413H3605 he turnsH6437, he succeedsH7919.
9Whoever concealsH3680 an offenseH6588 promotesH1245 loveH160,but he who brings it upH8138H1697 separatesH6504 friendsH441.
10A rebukeH1606 cuts intoH5181 a man of discernmentH995deeper than a hundredH3967 lashesH5221 cut into a foolH3684.
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