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Proverbs 17
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1Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house [full] of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.
1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
2A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.
2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3As silverand gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord .
3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
4A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.
4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children . The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and wherever it may turn, it shall prosper.
8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide [them] separates friends and kindred.
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.
15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
16Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.
16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
17Have you a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born .
17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, [as he] also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
19A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;
19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;
20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.
21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.
22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in [his] bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool [go] to the ends of the earth.
24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son [is a cause of] anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.
25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26[It is] not right to punish a righteous man, nor [is it] holy to plot against righteous princes .
26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
27He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.
27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.