Proverbs

¹⁷He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out. ¹⁸The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. ¹⁹A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and such contentions are like the bars of a castle. ²⁰A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied. ²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. ²²Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. ²³The poor useth entreaties: but the rich answereth roughly.