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Main Index: King James Version #2

Proverbs 17

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