Proverbs 17
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Proverbs 17
1 #
Prov 15.17
Better is a dry morsel with quiet
than a house full of feasting with strife.
2 #
Prov 10.5
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully
and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
3 #
Ps 26.2; Prov 27.21 The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.
4An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
5 #
Job 31.29; Prov 14.31 Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
6 #
Prov 13.22
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their parents.
7Excess speech is not becoming to a fool;
still less is false speech to a ruler.#17.7 Or a noble
8 #
Prov 21.14; Isa 1.23; Am 5.12 A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it;
wherever they turn they prosper.
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Prov 10.12; 16.28; Jas 5.20; 1 Pet 4.8 One who forgives an affront fosters friendship,
but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
10A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
than a hundred blows into a fool.
11Evil people seek only rebellion,
but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
12 #
Hos 13.8
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs
than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
13 #
Ps 109.4, 5; Jer 18.20 Evil will not depart from the house
of one who returns evil for good.
14 #
Prov 20.3
The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so stop before the quarrel breaks out.
15 #
Ex 23.7; Isa 5.23 One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
16Why should fools have a price in hand
to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?
17 #
Ruth 1.16; Prov 18.24 A friend loves at all times,
and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
18 #
Prov 6.1
It is senseless to give a pledge,
to become surety for a neighbor.
19 #
Prov 16.18; 29.22 One who loves transgression loves strife;
one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.
20 #
Jas 3.8
The crooked of mind do not prosper,
and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.
21 #
Prov 10.1; 19.13 The one who fathers a fool gets trouble;
the parent of a fool has no joy.
22 #
Ps 22.15; Prov 15.13 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
23 #
Ex 23.8
The wicked accept a concealed bribe
to pervert the ways of justice.
24 #
Eccl 2.14
The discerning person looks to wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.
25 #
Prov 10.1
Foolish children are a grief to their father
and bitterness to her who bore them.
26 #
Prov 18.5
To impose a fine on the innocent is not right
or to flog the noble for their integrity.
27 #
Jas 1.19
One who spares words is knowledgeable;
one who is cool in spirit has understanding.
28 #
Job 13.5
Even fools who keep silent are considered wise;
when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent.
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