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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Proverbs 17
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1Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith,
Than an house full of feasting with strife.
2A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,
And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold:
But the LORD trieth the hearts.
4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips;
And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:
And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
6Children's children are the crown of old men;
And the glory of children are their fathers.
7Excellent speech becometh not a fool:
Much less do lying lips a prince.
8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love:
But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
10A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding
Than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11An evil man seeketh only rebellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
Rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoso rewardeth evil for good,
Evil shall not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
Therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.
15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
Seeing he hath no understanding?
17A friend loveth at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
18A man void of understanding striketh hands,
And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.
19He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good:
And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow:
And the father of a fool hath no joy.
22A merry heart is a good medicine:
But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom,
To pervert the ways of judgement.
24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding:
But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her that bare him.
26Also to punish the righteous is not good,
Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
27He that spareth his words hath knowledge:
And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:
When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
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