Proverbs 17
17
1Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
than a house full of feasting, with strife.
2A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
3The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.
4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
5Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;
whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
6Children’s children are a crown to the aged,
and parents are the pride of their children.
7Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool –
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
8A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
they think success will come at every turn.
9Whoever would foster love covers over an offence,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
10A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
11Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
the messenger of death will be sent against them.
12Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool bent on folly.
13Evil will never leave the house
of one who pays back evil for good.
14Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent –
the Lord detests them both.
16Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
when they are not able to understand it?
17A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
18One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
and puts up security for a neighbour.
19Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;
whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.
20One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.
21To have a fool for a child brings grief;
there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.
22A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
23The wicked accept bribes in secret
to pervert the course of justice.
24A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
26If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,
surely to flog honest officials is not right.
27The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,
and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.
28Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
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Mishlĕ (Proverbs) 17
17
1Better is a dry piece of bread and rest with it, Than a house filled with slaughters of strife.
2A wise servant rules over a son who causes shame, And shares an inheritance among the brothers.
3A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, But יהוה tries the hearts.
4An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips; A liar gives ear to a tongue of desire.
5He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity does not go unpunished.
6Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the adornment of children is their fathers.
7Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less lying lips for a noble.
8A bribe is a stone of favour in the eyes of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
9He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
10Reproof enters deeper into a wise man Than a hundred strikes on a fool.
11An evil one seeks only rebellion, So a cruel messenger is sent against him.
12Let a bereaved bear meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil does not leave his house.
14The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop fighting before it breaks out.
15He who declares the wrong right, And he who condemns the righteous, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה.
16Why is this – a price in the hand Of a fool to buy wisdom, When there is no heart?
17A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
18A man lacking heart shakes hands in a pledge, He becomes a guarantor for his friend.
19He who loves transgression loves strife, He who exalts his door seeks destruction.
20He who has a crooked heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
21He who brings forth a fool has sorrow for it, And the father of a fool has no joy.
22A rejoicing heart causes good healing, But a stricken spirit dries the bones.
23One who is wrong accepts a bribe behind the back To pervert the paths of right-ruling.
24Wisdom is before the face of the understanding one, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.
26It is also not good to punish the righteous one, To strike noble ones for straightness.
27He who has knowledge spares his words, And a man of understanding is cool of spirit.
28Even a fool keeping silence is regarded as wise, As understanding, when he closes his lips.
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