Thematic Bible
Proverbs 17:1 (show verse)
Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife.
Proverbs 17:2 (show verse)
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.
Proverbs 17:3 (show verse)
A crucible [is] for the silver, and a furnace [is] for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.
Proverbs 17:4 (show verse)
He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, [and] the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.
Proverbs 17:5 (show verse)
He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 17:6 (show verse)
The crown of the elderly [are] {grandchildren}, and the glory of children [is] their fathers.
Proverbs 17:7 (show verse)
{Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler.
Proverbs 17:8 (show verse)
The bribe [is] a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner; {everywhere} he will turn, he will prosper.
Proverbs 17:9 (show verse)
He who forgives an affront fosters love, but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.
Proverbs 17:10 (show verse)
A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
Proverbs 17:11 (show verse)
An evil person will seek only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:12 (show verse)
[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:13 (show verse)
[For] he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Proverbs 17:14 (show verse)
[Like] the release of water [is] the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.
Proverbs 17:15 (show verse)
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, the two of them [are] both abominations of Yahweh.
Proverbs 17:16 (show verse)
Why [is] this? A price in the hand of a fool, [in order] to buy wisdom where there is no {sense}.
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Proverbs 17:17 (show verse)
The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:18 (show verse)
A person who lacks {sense} {pledges}; he becomes security before his neighbor.
Proverbs 17:19 (show verse)
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.
Proverbs 17:20 (show verse)
He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.
Proverbs 17:21 (show verse)
He who begets a fool, [there is] trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.
Proverbs 17:22 (show verse)
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.
Proverbs 17:23 (show verse)
The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, [in order] to pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 17:24 (show verse)
He who understands sets [his] face [toward] wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.
Proverbs 17:25 (show verse)
A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:26 (show verse)
Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, [nor] to flog nobles for uprightness.
Proverbs 17:27 (show verse)
He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Proverbs 17:28 (show verse)
Even a fool who keeps silent {shall be considered wise}; he who closes his lips [is] intelligent.