Webster Bible Translation

Proverbs 17:3-10 Webster Bible Translation (WBT)

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.