Proverbs 17:8-13 Modern English Version (MEV)

8. A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it;wherever he turns, it prospers.

9. He who covers a transgression seeks love,but he who repeats a matter separates friends.

10. A reproof enters deeper into a wise manthan a hundred stripes into a fool.

11. An evil man seeks only rebellion;therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

12. Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubsrather than a fool in his folly.

13. Whoever rewards evil for good,evil will not depart from his house.

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