Proverbs 17:12-16 Modern English Version (MEV)

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.

14. The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water;therefore abandon contention before a quarrel starts.

15. He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,both of them are abomination to the Lord.

16. Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,seeing he has no heart for it?

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