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    Proverbs 17
    • 1   Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
    • 2   A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
    • 3   The fining-pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
    • 4   A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
    • 5   He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
    • 6   Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [is] their fathers.
    • 7   Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
    • 8   A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
    • 9   He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
    • 10   A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
    • 11   An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
    • 12   Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
    • 13   Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
    • 14   The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.
    • 15   He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
    • 16   Why [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
    • 17   A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
    • 18   A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
    • 19   He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
    • 20   He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
    • 21   He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
    • 22   A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
    • 23   A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
    • 24   Wisdom [is] before 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 bore him.
    • 26   Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
    • 27   He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
    • 28   Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
  • American King James Version (akjv)

  • Webster's Bible (wb - 1.2)

    2003-05-08

    English (en)

    THE HOLY BIBLE,
    CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS,
    IN THE COMMON VERSION.
    WITH AMENDMENTS OF THE LANGUAGE,
    BY NOAH WEBSTER, LL. D.

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    NEW HAVEN:
    PUBLISHED BY DURRIE & PECK.
    Sold by HEZEKIAH HOWE & CO., and A. H. MALTBY, New Haven;
    and by N.&J. WHITE, New York.

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    1833

    Webster Bible Electronic Format.
    PUBLIC DOMAIN

    February 1992

    Beginning in July of 1991 the task of placing the Webster Bible text in electronic format began. The original purpose was to provide Larry Pierce, who produces the On-Line Bible program, with a more modern *public domain* text, similar in content and style to the AV but with a grammar that would provide better comprehension in todays English.

    I plan on maintaining an accurate copy of the Webster text. Anyone finding an error should contact me; Anyone desiring to obtain the latest, most correct text, can find it on the Bible Foundation BBS, or can contact me in the following methods:
    Internet This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    Home phone 602-829-8542
    Address Mark Fuller
    1129 East Loyola Drive
    Tempe Arizona, 85282
    Bible Foundation http://www.bf.org

    I would like to thank the Bible Foundation not only for scanning nearly the entire Webster Bible but for encouraging me to undertake this monumental work; particularly around page 20 when I realized what I had gotten myself into. Special thanks to Jerry Kingery of the Bible Foundation for scanning, and Jerry Hastings for doing some preliminary scan cleaning and making the texts available on the BBS.

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    • LCSH: Bible. English.
    • Distribution Abbreviation: wb

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