Proverbs 17:7-10

Excellent
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speech
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becometh
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not a fool
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much less do lying
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lips
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a prince
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{Excellent...: Heb. A lip of excellency} {lying...: Heb. a lip of lying}

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

He that covereth
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a transgression
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seeketh
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love
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but he that repeateth
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a matter
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separateth
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[very] friends
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{seeketh: or, procureth}

A reproof
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entereth
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more into a wise man
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than an hundred
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stripes
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into a fool
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{entereth...: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times}