Contrasts Between Wise and Foolish

Proverbs 17:7-14

¶ 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.

¶ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

¶ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.