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Proverbs 17:1 (NET) New English Translation

1 Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
2 A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.
3 The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.
4 One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.
5 The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.
6 Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
7 Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!
8 A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.
9 The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.
10 A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
11 An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12 It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
13 As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.
14 Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!
15 The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent� both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
16 Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?
17 A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.
18 The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.
19 The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.
20 The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.
21 Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.
22 A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
23 A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.
24 Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
26 It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.
27 The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.
28 Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.
1 Better H2896 is a dry H2720 morsel, H6595 and quietness H7962 therewith , than a house H4480 H1004 full H4392 of sacrifices H2077 with strife. H7379
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
3 The refining pot H4715 is for silver, H3701 and the furnace H3564 for gold: H2091 but the LORD H3068 trieth H974 the hearts. H3826
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
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
6 Children H1121 's children H1121 are the crown H5850 of old men; H2205 and the glory H8597 of children H1121 are their fathers. H1
7 Excellent H3499 speech H8193 becometh H5000 not H3808 a fool: H5036 much less H637 H3588 do lying H8267 lips H8193 a prince. H5081
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
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
10 A reproof H1606 entereth more H5181 into a wise H995 man than a hundred H3967 stripes H4480 H5221 into a fool. H3684
11 An evil H7451 man seeketh H1245 only H389 rebellion: H4805 therefore a cruel H394 messenger H4397 shall be sent H7971 against him.
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
13 Whoso rewardeth H7725 evil H7451 for H8478 good, H2896 evil H7451 shall not H3808 depart H4185 from his house H4480 H1004 .
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
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
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 ?
17 A friend H7453 loveth H157 at all H3605 times, H6256 and a brother H251 is born H3205 for adversity. H6869
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
19 He loveth H157 transgression H6588 that loveth H157 strife: H4683 and he that exalteth H1361 his gate H6607 seeketh H1245 destruction. H7667
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
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
22 A merry H8056 heart H3820 doeth good H3190 like a medicine: H1456 but a broken H5218 spirit H7307 drieth H3001 the bones. H1634
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
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
25 A foolish H3684 son H1121 is a grief H3708 to his father, H1 and bitterness H4470 to her that bore H3205 him.
26 Also H1571 to punish H6064 the just H6662 is not H3808 good, H2896 nor to strike H5221 princes H5081 for H5921 equity. H3476
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
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
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