Proverbs 17
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Proverbs 17
1¶ Better is a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices for a feast.
2¶ A prudent slave shall have rule over a son that causes shame and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3¶ The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts.
4¶ An evil doer gives heed to false lips, and a liar gives ear to the tongue which curses.
5¶ Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he that is glad regarding the calamity of someone else shall not go unpunished.
6¶ Children’s children are the crown of old men, and the honour of the children are their fathers.
7¶ Excellent speech is not suitable for a fool: much less lying lips for a prince!
8¶ A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.
9¶ He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.
10¶ Reproof is of more benefit to a wise man than a hundred stripes to a fool.
11¶ The rebellious man seeks only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12¶ It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
13¶ Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14¶ To release the waters (to speak rashly) is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.
15¶ He that justifies the wicked and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
16¶ Of what good is the price to buy wisdom in the hand of the fool, seeing he has no heart to understand?
17¶ A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18¶ A man void of understanding strikes hands and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.
19¶ Transgression loves him that loves strife, and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.
20¶ He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil.
21¶ He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of a fool shall have no joy.
22¶ A joyful heart shall do good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
23¶ A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.
24¶ Wisdom appears upon the countenance of him that has understanding, but the eyes of a fool manifest his folly unto the ends of the earth.
25¶ The foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.
26¶ It is certainly not good to condemn the just, nor to smite princes for doing that which is upright.
27¶ He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28Even a fool, when he is silent is counted wise, and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Proverbs 17
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1 # ch. 15:17 Better is a dry morsel with quiet
than a house full of feasting#17:1 Hebrew sacrifices with strife.
2A servant who deals wisely will rule over #ver. 21, 25; ch. 10:5; 19:26 a son who acts shamefully
and #[2 Sam. 16:4]will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
3 # ch. 27:21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
#
1 Chr. 29:17; Ps. 26:2; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3 and the Lord tests hearts.
4An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
5Whoever mocks the poor #ch. 14:31; [Matt. 25:40, 45] insults his Maker;
he who is #Job 31:29; Obad. 12; [ch. 24:17] glad at calamity will not go #ch. 16:5unpunished.
6 #
Ps. 128:6; [Ps. 127:3, 4] Grandchildren are #ch. 16:31the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their fathers.
7Fine speech is not #[ch. 19:10; 26:1] becoming to a fool;
still less is #ch. 6:17false speech to a prince.
8 # ver. 23; ch. 18:16; 19:6; 21:14; [Ex. 23:8; Isa. 1:23; Amos 5:12] A bribe is like a magic#17:8 Or precious stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.
9Whoever #ch. 10:12 covers an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter #ch. 16:28separates close friends.
10A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
than a hundred blows into a fool.
11An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and #[1 Kgs. 2:29]a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12Let a man meet #2 Sam. 17:8; Hos. 13:8 a she-bear robbed of her cubs
# [ch. 27:3] rather than a fool in his folly.
13If anyone #Ps. 35:12; 109:4, 5; [ch. 20:22; Matt. 5:39] returns evil for good,
# [2 Sam. 12:10] evil will not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so #ch. 20:3; 25:8quit before the quarrel breaks out.
15He who #ch. 24:24; Ex. 23:7; Isa. 5:23 justifies the wicked and he who #Job 34:17; Ps. 94:21; [ver. 26; ch. 18:5]condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
16Why should a fool have money in his hand #[ch. 23:23]to buy wisdom
when he has no sense?
17 # ch. 18:24; 27:10; [Ruth 1:16; Job 6:14] A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
18One who lacks sense gives a pledge
and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
19Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
he who #[ch. 11:2; 29:23]makes his door high seeks destruction.
20 # [ch. 11:20] A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
21He who #ch. 10:1; 19:13sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
22 # See ch. 15:13 A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit #Ps. 22:15; [ch. 12:25]dries up the bones.
23The wicked accepts #See ver. 8 a bribe in secret#17:23 Hebrew a bribe from the bosom
to #[Mic. 3:11; 7:3]pervert the ways of justice.
24 # [ch. 14:6; 15:14; Eccles. 2:14]; See Deut. 30:11-14 The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 # [See ver. 21 above] A foolish son is a grief to his father
# ch. 10:1 and bitterness to #ch. 23:25her who bore him.
26 # [ver. 15] To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
27Whoever #ch. 10:19; [James 1:19]restrains his words has knowledge,
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
28Even a fool #Job 13:5who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
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