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17.15 :Even they both are an abomination to the.


 * Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool
 * To buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?


 * A friend loveth at all times,
 * And a brother is born for adversity.


 * A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands,
 * And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.


 * He loveth transgression that loveth strife;
 * He that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.


 * He that hath a froward heart findeth no good;
 * And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.


 * He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow;
 * And the father of a churl hath no joy.


 * A merry heart is a good medicine;
 * But a broken spirit drieth the bones.


 * A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom,
 * To pervert the ways of justice.


 * Wisdom is before him that hath understanding;
 * But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.


 * A foolish son is vexation to his father,
 * And bitterness to her that bore him.


 * To punish also the righteous is not good,
 * Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.


 * He that spareth his words hath knowledge;
 * And he that husbandeth his spirit is a man of discernment.


 * Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise;
 * And he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding.


 * He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire,
 * And snarlest against all sound wisdom.


 * A fool hath no delight in understanding,
 * But only that his heart may lay itself bare.


 * When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt,
 * And with ignominy reproach.


 * The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters;
 * A flowing brook, a fountain of wisdom.


 * It is not good to respect the person of the wicked,
 * So as to turn aside the righteous in judgment.


 * A fool's lips enter into contention,
 * And his mouth calleth for strokes.


 * A fool's mouth is his ruin,
 * And his lips are the snare of his soul.