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ULT PRO Chapter 17

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17 Better is a dry morsel and ease with it

than a house full of sacrifices of quarreling.

2 A servant who has insight will rule over a son who acts shamefully

and in the midst of brothers he will share an inheritance.

3 The smelting-pot is for the silver and the furnace is for the gold,

and Yahweh tests hearts.

4 The evildoer listens attentively to the lips of iniquity;

a liar gives ear to a tongue of destruction.

5 A mocker of one who is poor taunts his maker;

one glad at calamity will not remain blameless.

6 The crown of old ones is sons of sons,

and the splendor of sons is their fathers.

7 A lip of excess is not suitable for a worthless one;

how much less a lip of falsehood for a noble.

8 A stone of favor is a bribe in the eyes of its owner;

he succeeds to all where he turns.

9 One who covers a transgression seeks love,

but one who repeats a matter separates a close friend.

10 A rebuke goes down into an understanding one

more than striking a stupid one a hundred times.

11 An evil one seeks only rebellion,

and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

12 Let a female bear robbed of offspring meet a man

and not a stupid one in his folly!

13 One who returns evil for good,

evil will not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of a quarrel is the releasing of water,

so leave the dispute before it breaks out.

15 One who declares a wicked one righteous

and one who declares a righteous one wicked,

even the two of them are an abomination to Yahweh.

16 Why is this: a payment is in the hand of a stupid one

to acquire wisdom but there is no heart?

17 At every time the friend loves,

and a brother is born for distress.

18 A man lacking of heart is one who clasps a palm,

pledging a pledge before the face of his neighbor.

19 One who loves transgression loves contention;

one who makes his opening high seeks a breaking.

20 One crooked of heart will not find goodness,

and one who is turned away in his tongue will fall into evil.

21 One who begets a stupid one, it is for grief for him,

and the father of a worthless one will not rejoice.

22 A joyful heart will make healing good,

but a broken spirit dries up bone.

23 A wicked one takes a bribe from the bosom

to bend the paths of justice.

24 Wisdom is with the face of an understanding one,

but the eyes of a stupid one are at the end of the earth.

25 A stupid son is a grief to his father

and bitterness to her who bore him.

26 Even to fine the righteous is not good,

to strike nobles is against uprightness.

27 One who restrains his words is one who knows knowledge,

and the cool of spirit is a man of understanding.

28 Even a fool who keeps silent will be considered wise;

one who shuts his lips is an understanding one.

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