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Proverbs 17:2-4
The Message
Proverbs 17:2-4
The Message
2 A wise servant takes charge of an unruly child
and is honored as one of the family.
3 As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan,
so our lives are refined by God.
4 Evil people relish malicious conversation;
the ears of liars itch for dirty gossip.
The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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