Thematic Bible

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a full house and many fat cattle with strife.

Proverbs 17:2

A discreet servant shall have more rule than the sons that have no wisdom, and shall have like heritage with the brethren.

Proverbs 17:3

Like as silver is tried in the fire and gold in the furnace, even so doth the LORD prove the hearts.

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked body giveth audience to false lips; and a dissembling person giveth ear to a deceitful tongue.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoso laugheth the poor to scorn, blasphemeth his maker; and he that is glad of another man's hurt, shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 17:6

Children's children are a crown of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

Proverbs 17:7

An eloquent speech becometh not a fool; much less a lying mouth, then, becometh a prince.

Proverbs 17:8

Liberality is a precious stone unto him that hath it; for wheresoever he becometh, he prospereth.

Proverbs 17:9

Whoso covereth another man's offense, seeketh love; but he that discloseth the fault, setteth friends at variance.

Proverbs 17:10

One reproof only doth more good to him that hath understanding, than a hundred stripes unto a fool.

Proverbs 17:11

A sedicious person seeketh mischief; but a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Proverbs 17:12

It were better to come against a she Bear robbed of her whelps, than against a fool in his foolishness.

Proverbs 17:13

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, the plague shall not depart from his house.

Proverbs 17:14

He that soweth discord and strife, is like one that diggeth up a water brook; but an open enemy is like the water that breaketh out and runneth abroad.

Proverbs 17:15

The LORD hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemneth the innocent.

Proverbs 17:16

What helpeth it to give a fool money in his hand, whereas he hath no mind to buy wisdom?
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Proverbs 17:17

He is a friend that always loveth, and in adversity a man shall know who is his brother.

Proverbs 17:18

Whoso promiseth by the hand, and is surety for another; he is a fool.

Proverbs 17:19

He that loveth strife, delighteth in sin; and whoso setteth his door too high, seeketh after a fall.

Proverbs 17:20

Whoso hath a froward heart, obtaineth no good; and he that hath an overthwart tongue, shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 17:21

An unwise body bringeth himself in to sorrow; and the father of a fool can have no joy.

Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart maketh a lusty age; but a sorrowful mind drieth up the bones.

Proverbs 17:23

The ungodly taketh gifts out of the bosom, to wrest the ways of judgment.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom shineth in the face of him that hath understanding; but the eyes of fools wander throughout all lands.

Proverbs 17:25

An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him.

Proverbs 17:26

To punish the innocent, and to smite the princes that give true judgment, are both evil.

Proverbs 17:27

He is wise and discreet that tempereth his words; and he is a man of understanding, that maketh much of his spirit.

Proverbs 17:28

Yea, a very fool, when he holdeth his tongue, is counted wise; and to have understanding, when he shutteth his lips.