Popular Bible Verses from Proverbs 17

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¶ A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

¶ A joyful heart shall do good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

¶ He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.

¶ He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Even a fool, when he is silent is counted wise, and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

¶ Better is a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices for a feast.

¶ To release the waters (to speak rashly) is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.

¶ He that justifies the wicked and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.