Thematic Bible
Proverbs 17:1 (show verse)
Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.
Proverbs 17:2 (show verse)
A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17:3 (show verse)
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.
Proverbs 17:4 (show verse)
A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; a liar gives ear to an evil tongue.
Proverbs 17:5 (show verse)
Whoever scorns the poor reviles his Maker; he who is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 17:6 (show verse)
Sons of sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.
Proverbs 17:7 (show verse)
An excellent lip is not fitting for a fool; much less are lying lips fitting for a prince.
Proverbs 17:8 (show verse)
A bribe is like a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, he is prudent.
Proverbs 17:9 (show verse)
He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends.
Proverbs 17:10 (show verse)
A reproof enters more into a wise man than a thousand stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 17:11 (show verse)
An evil one seeks only rebellion; so a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:12 (show verse)
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:13 (show verse)
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Proverbs 17:14 (show verse)
The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off fighting, before it breaks out.
Proverbs 17:15 (show verse)
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.
Proverbs 17:16 (show verse)
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, since he has no heart for it?
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Proverbs 17:17 (show verse)
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for the time of trouble.
Proverbs 17:18 (show verse)
A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 17:19 (show verse)
He who loves fighting loves transgression; he who makes his gate high seeks ruin.
Proverbs 17:20 (show verse)
He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a crooked tongue falls into mischief.
Proverbs 17:21 (show verse)
He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:22 (show verse)
A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
Proverbs 17:23 (show verse)
A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 17:24 (show verse)
Wisdom is before him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:25 (show verse)
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:26 (show verse)
And it is not good to punish the just, nor to strike princes for uprightness.
Proverbs 17:27 (show verse)
He who has knowledge uses few words; a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs 17:28 (show verse)
Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise, and he who shuts his lips is counted as a man of understanding.