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Proverbs 17:9-22

Proverbs 17:9-22 CSB

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,  but whoever gossips about it separates friends.  A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool. An evil person desires only rebellion; a cruel messenger  , will be sent against him. Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs  than a fool in his foolishness. If anyone returns evil for good,  evil will never depart from his house.  To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.  Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just   — both are detestable to the  Lord. Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?  A friend loves at all times,  and a brother is born for a difficult time. One without sense enters an agreement  and puts up security for his friend.  One who loves to offend loves strife;  one who builds a high threshold invites injury. One with a twisted mind will not succeed, and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.  A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.  A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. 

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