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Proverbs 17:7
Common English Bible
Proverbs 17:7
Common English Bible
7 Too much talking isn’t right for a fool;
even less so false speech for an honorable person.
Proverbs 17:10
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Proverbs 17:10
Common English Bible
10 A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person
than a hundred lashes to a fool.
Proverbs 17:12
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Proverbs 17:12
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12 Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than fools in their folly.
Proverbs 17:16
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Proverbs 17:16
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16 Why should a fool have money
to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.
Proverbs 17:24-25
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Proverbs 17:24-25
Common English Bible
24 Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding,
but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth.
25 A foolish son is irritating to his father
and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 17:28
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Proverbs 17:28
Common English Bible
28 Fools who keep quiet are deemed wise;
those who shut their lips are smart.
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