17:1 Better is a morsel with pleasure in
peace, than a house [full] of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with
strife.
17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide
portions among brethren.
17:3 As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with
the Lord.
17:4 A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man
attends not to false lips.
17:5 He 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.
17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the
lory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the
faithless not even a farthing.
17:7 Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
17:8 Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and whithersoever
it may turn, it shall prosper.
17:9 He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide [them]
separates friends and kindred.
17:10 A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though
scourged, understands not.
17:11 Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him
an unmerciful messenger.
17:12 Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
17:13 Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
17:14 Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede
poverty.
17:15 He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean
and abominable with God.
17:16 Why 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.
17:17 Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in
distress; for on this account are they born.
17:18 A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, [as he] also that
becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
17:19 A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;
17:20 and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful
tongue will fall into mischiefs;
17:21 and 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.
17:22 A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.
17:23 The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in [his] bosom do not
prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.
17:24 The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool [go]
to the ends of the earth.
17:25 A foolish son [is a cause of] anger to his father, ad grief to her
that bore him.
17:26 [It is] not right to punish a righteous man, nor [is it] holy to plot
against righteous princes.
17:27 He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man
is wise.
17:28 Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who
holds his peace shall seem to be sensible. |
17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness
therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children
are their fathers.
17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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 evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall
be sent against him.
17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his
folly.
17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore
leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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 times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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 spirit drieth
the bones.
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 earth.
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 spirit.
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. |