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