[DailyReading] Affliction is good for me

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Lesson: Allowed Affliction Is for Our Benefit
Reading: Affliction is good for me  2015-05-18
Reference: Ps. 165:65-71 
Proverbs 16:32: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 16:33: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. 
Proverbs 17:1: Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Proverbs 17:2: A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 17:3: The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:4: A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs 17:5: Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
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 17:8: A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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.
Proverbs 17:11: An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:12: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:13: Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Proverbs 17:14: The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 17:15: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 17:16: Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 17:17: A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:18: A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 17:19: He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs 17:20: He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Proverbs 17:21: He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 17:22: A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 17:23: A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 17:24: Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:25: A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 17:26: Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs 17:27: He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs 17:28: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. 
Proverbs 18:1: Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Proverbs 18:2: A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs 18:3: When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Proverbs 18:4: The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Proverbs 18:5: It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 18:6: A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs 18:7: A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 18:8: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 18:9: He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 18:10: The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
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