Proverbs 17
17
1Better a dry crust with peace
than a house full of feasting with strife. # Pr 15:17; 21:9,19; 25:24
2A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and share an inheritance among brothers.
3A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, # Pr 27:21
and the Lord is the tester of hearts. # 1Ch 29:17; Ps 26:2; Pr 16:2; 21:2; Is 48:10; Jr 17:10; Mal 3:3
4A wicked person listens to malicious talk; # Lit to lips of iniquity
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
5The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, # Pr 14:31; 21:13
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished. # Jb 31:29; Pr 24:17; Lm 1:21-22; Ezk 25:6-7; 35:15; Ob 12
6Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.
7Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.
8A bribe # Ex 23:8; Is 1:23; Am 5:12 seems like a magic stone to its owner;
wherever he turns, he succeeds. # Pr 18:16; 19:6; 21:14
9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, # Pr 10:12; Jms 5:20; 1Pt 4:8
but whoever gossips about it separates friends. # Lv 19:16; Pr 11:13; 16:28
10A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
11An evil man seeks only rebellion;
a cruel messenger # Or a merciless angel #Ps 78:49 will be sent against him.
12Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs # 2Sm 17:8; Hs 13:8
than a fool in his foolishness.
13If anyone returns evil for good, # Ps 35:12; 109:5
evil will never depart from his house. # 2Sm 12:10
14To start a conflict is to release a flood;
stop the dispute before it breaks out. # Pr 20:3; 25:8
15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just # Ex 23:7; Pr 17:26; 18:5; 24:23-24; Is 5:23 —
both are detestable to the Lord.
16Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom? # Pr 4:5,7; 18:15; 23:23
17A friend loves at all times, # Ru 1:16; Pr 18:24; 27:10
and a brother is born for a difficult time.
18One without sense enters an agreement # Lit sense shakes hands
and puts up security for his friend. # Pr 6:1-5; 11:15; 22:26
19One who loves to offend loves strife; # Pr 29:22
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.
20One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin. # Jr 23:36
21A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy. # Pr 10:1; 17:25; 19:13; 23:24-25
22A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones. # Ps 22:15; Pr 14:30; 15:13; 18:14
23A wicked man secretly takes a bribe # Pr 17:8
to subvert the course of justice. # Dt 16:19; Ps 15:5; Pr 18:5; Mc 3:11; 7:3
24Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes # Ec 2:14 roam to the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him. # Pr 10:1; 17:21; 19:13
26It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty. # Or noble unfairly # Pr 17:15; 18:5; 24:23-24
27The intelligent person restrains his words, # Pr 10:19; Jms 1:19; 3:2
and one who keeps a cool head # Lit spirit
is a man of understanding.
28Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent,
discerning when he seals his lips. # Jb 13:5; Pr 10:19
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Proverbs 17
17
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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