King James Version

Proverbs 17:7-10

7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.1 2

8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.3

9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.4

10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.5

Notes

1. Proverbs 17:7 Excellent…: Heb. A lip of excellency ↩
2. Proverbs 17:7 lying…: Heb. a lip of lying ↩
3. Proverbs 17:8 a precious…: Heb. a stone of grace ↩
4. Proverbs 17:9 seeketh: or, procureth ↩
5. Proverbs 17:10 entereth…: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times ↩

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