chapter_Proverbs_17
Proverbs 17:1: Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. Proverbs 17:2: A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance. Proverbs 17:3: A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah. Proverbs 17:4: An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue. Proverbs 17:5: Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted. Proverbs 17:6: Sons' sons are the crown of old men, And the glory of sons are their fathers. Proverbs 17:7: Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood. Proverbs 17:8: A stone of grace is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. Proverbs 17:9: Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend. Proverbs 17:10: Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool. Proverbs 17:11: An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him. Proverbs 17:12: The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And &#8212; not a fool in his folly. Proverbs 17:13: Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house. Proverbs 17:14: The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife. Proverbs 17:15: Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these are an abomination to Jehovah. Proverbs 17:16: Why is this &#8212; a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none? Proverbs 17:17: At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born. Proverbs 17:18: A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend. Proverbs 17:19: Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction. Proverbs 17:20: The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil. Proverbs 17:21: Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not. Proverbs 17:22: A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone. Proverbs 17:23: A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment. Proverbs 17:24: The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool &#8212; at the end of the earth. Proverbs 17:25: A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him. Proverbs 17:26: Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness. Proverbs 17:27: One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper is a man of understanding. Proverbs 17:28: Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
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