[a](A)Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are (B)lying lips to a prince.

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  1. Proverbs 17:7 Lit A lip of abundance

[a]Excellent speech becometh not a fool;
Much less do lying lips a prince.

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  1. Proverbs 17:7 Or, Arrogant

10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.

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10 A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding
Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

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12 Let a (A)person meet a (B)bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his foolishness.

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12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
Rather than a fool in his folly.

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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to (A)buy wisdom,
When [a]he has no sense?

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart

16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
Seeing he hath no [a]understanding?

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Hebrew heart.

24 Wisdom is in the presence of one who has understanding,
But the (A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 A (B)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And (C)bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

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24 Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding;
But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her that bare him.

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28 Even a fool, when he (A)keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.

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28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise;
[a]When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

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  1. Proverbs 17:28 Or, He that shutteth his lips is etc.