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Scripture Context
Proverbs 9:17 - Proverbs 10:8
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 10
Intro: Sundry virtues and vices.
1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
6 Blessings are upon the head of the just; but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
7 The memory of the just is blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.