Proverbs 17:16-21

17:16

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

17:17

A friend
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loveth
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at all times
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and a brother
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is born
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for adversity
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17:18

A man
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void
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of understanding
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striketh
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hands
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[and] becometh
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surety
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in the presence
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of his friend
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{understanding: Heb. heart}

17:19

He loveth
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transgression
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that loveth
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strife
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[and] he that exalteth
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his gate
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seeketh
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destruction
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17:20

He that hath a froward
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heart
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findeth
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no good
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and he that hath a perverse
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tongue
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falleth
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into mischief
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{He that hath a froward...: Heb. The froward of heart}

17:21

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