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

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

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

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

An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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