Proverbs 17:2-5 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

2. A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

3. As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

4. The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.

5. He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.

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