Proverbs 17:7
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7 [a]High talk becometh not a fool, much less a lying talk a prince.
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- Proverbs 17:7 Hebrew, the lip of excellency.
Proverbs 17:10
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10 A reproof entereth more into him that hath understanding, than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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Proverbs 17:12
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12 It is better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than [a]a fool in his folly.
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- Proverbs 17:12 Whereby he meaneth the wicked in his rage, who hath no fear of God.
Proverbs 17:16
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16 Wherefore is there a [a]price in the hand of the fool to get wisdom, and he hath none heart?
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- Proverbs 17:16 What availeth it the wicked to be rich, seeing he setteth not his mind to wisdom?
Proverbs 17:24-25
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24 (A)Wisdom is in the face of him that hath understanding: but the eyes of a fool are in the [a]corners of the world.
25 A foolish son is a grief unto his father, and a (B)heaviness to her that bare him.
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- Proverbs 17:24 That is, wander to and fro, and seek not after wisdom.
Proverbs 17:28
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28 Even a fool, (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and he that stoppeth his lips, prudent.
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