| Pro 17:1 | Better H2896 is a dry H2720 morsel, H6595 and quietness H7962 therewith, than an house H4480 H1004 full H4392 of sacrifices H2077 with strife.H7379 |
| Pro 17:2 | A wise H7919 servant H5650 shall have rule H4910 over a son H1121 that causeth shame, H954 and shall have part H2505 of the inheritance H5159 among H8432 the brethren.H251 |
| Pro 17:3 | The fining pot H4715 is for silver, H3701 and the furnace H3564 for gold: H2091 but the LORD H3068 trieth H974 the hearts.H3826 |
| Pro 17:4 | A wicked doer H7489 giveth heed H7181 to H5921 false H205 lips; H8193 and a liar H8267 giveth ear H238 to H5921 a naughty H1942 tongue.H3956 |
| Pro 17:5 | Whoso mocketh H3932 the poor H7326 reproacheth H2778 his Maker: H6213 and he that is glad H8056 at calamities H343 shall not H3808 be unpunished.H5352 |
| Pro 17:6 | Children's H1121 children H1121 are the crown H5850 of old men; H2205 and the glory H8597 of children H1121 are their fathers.H1 |
| Pro 17:7 | Excellent H3499 speech H8193 becometh H5000 not H3808 a fool: H5036 much less H637 H3588 do lying H8267 lips H8193 a prince.H5081 |
| Pro 17:8 | A gift H7810 is as a precious H2580 stone H68 in the eyes H5869 of him that hath H1167 it: whithersoever H413 H3605 H834 it turneth, H6437 it prospereth.H7919 |
| Pro 17:9 | He that covereth H3680 a transgression H6588 seeketh H1245 love; H160 but he that repeateth H8138 a matter H1697 separateth H6504 very friends.H441 |
| Pro 17:10 | A reproof H1606 entereth more H5181 into a wise H995 man than an hundred H3967 stripes H4480 H5221 into a fool.H3684 |
| Pro 17:11 | An evil H7451 man seeketh H1245 only H389 rebellion: H4805 therefore a cruel H394 messenger H4397 shall be sent H7971 against him. |
| Pro 17:12 | Let a bear H1677 robbed H7909 of her whelps meet H6298 a man, H376 rather H408 than a fool H3684 in his folly.H200 |
| Pro 17:13 | Whoso rewardeth H7725 evil H7451 for H8478 good, H2896 evil H7451 shall not H3808 depart H4185 from his house. H4480 H1004 |
| Pro 17:14 | The beginning H7225 of strife H4066 is as when one letteth out H6362 water: H4325 therefore leave off H5203 contention, H7379 before H6440 it be meddled with.H1566 |
| Pro 17:15 | He that justifieth H6663 the wicked, H7563 and he that condemneth H7561 the just, H6662 even H1571 they both H8147 are abomination H8441 to the LORD.H3068 |
| Pro 17:16 | Wherefore H4100 H2088 is there a price H4242 in the hand H3027 of a fool H3684 to get H7069 wisdom, H2451 seeing he hath no H369 heart H3820 to it? |
| Pro 17:17 | A friend H7453 loveth H157 at all H3605 times, H6256 and a brother H251 is born H3205 for adversity.H6869 |
| Pro 17:18 | A man H120 void H2638 of understanding H3820 striketh H8628 hands, H3709 and becometh H6148 surety H6161 in the presence H6440 of his friend.H7453 |
| Pro 17:19 | He loveth H157 transgression H6588 that loveth H157 strife: H4683 and he that exalteth H1361 his gate H6607 seeketh H1245 destruction.H7667 |
| Pro 17:20 | He that hath a froward H6141 heart H3820 findeth H4672 no H3808 good: H2896 and he that hath a perverse H2015 tongue H3956 falleth H5307 into mischief.H7451 |
| Pro 17:21 | He that begetteth H3205 a fool H3684 doeth it to his sorrow: H8424 and the father H1 of a fool H5036 hath no H3808 joy.H8055 |
| Pro 17:22 | A merry H8056 heart H3820 doeth good H3190 like a medicine: H1456 but a broken H5218 spirit H7307 drieth H3001 the bones.H1634 |
| Pro 17:23 | A wicked H7563 man taketh H3947 a gift H7810 out of the bosom H4480 H2436 to pervert H5186 the ways H734 of judgment.H4941 |
| Pro 17:24 | Wisdom H2451 is before H854 H6440 him that hath understanding; H995 but the eyes H5869 of a fool H3684 are in the ends H7097 of the earth.H776 |
| Pro 17:25 | A foolish H3684 son H1121 is a grief H3708 to his father, H1 and bitterness H4470 to her that bare H3205 him. |
| Pro 17:26 | Also H1571 to punish H6064 the just H6662 is not H3808 good, H2896 nor to strike H5221 princes H5081 for H5921 equity.H3476 |
| Pro 17:27 | He that hath knowledge H3045 H1847 spareth H2820 his words: H561 and a man H376 of understanding H8394 is of an excellent H3368 spirit.H7307 |
| Pro 17:28 | Even H1571 a fool, H191 when he holdeth his peace, H2790 is counted H2803 wise: H2450 and he that shutteth H331 his lips H8193 is esteemed a man of understanding.H995 |