A moment in scripture
Proverbs 17:8
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A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
- Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
- Proverbs 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
- Proverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.