Proverbs Chapter 17
17:1 | Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an ![]() |
17:2 | A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
17:3 | The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
17:4 | A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. |
17:5 | Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
17:6 | Children' children [are] the crown of old men; and the ![]() |
17:7 | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less ![]() |
17:8 | A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. |
17:9 | He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends. |
17:10 | A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. |
17:11 | An ![]() |
17:12 | Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. |
17:13 | Whoso rewardeth ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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17:15 | He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD. |
17:16 | Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]? |
17:17 | A friend loveth at all ![]() |
17:18 | A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend. |
17:19 | He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. |
17:20 | He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. |
17:21 | He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. |
17:22 | A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken ![]() |
17:23 | A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. |
17:24 | Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the ![]() |
17:25 | A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. |
17:26 | Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity. |
17:27 | He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent ![]() |
17:28 | Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding. |