The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
