1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.6Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs
Chapter 17
Cross-references for Proverbs 17
- 17:1 – Proverbs 15:17, Psalms 37:16, Proverbs 21:19
- 17:2 – Proverbs 10:5, Proverbs 14:35, Proverbs 19:26
- 17:3 – Isaiah 48:10, Jeremiah 17:10, Psalms 26:2
- 17:4 – 2 Timothy 4:3–4, Proverbs 28:4, 1 John 4:5
- 17:5 – Proverbs 14:31, Job 31:29, Obadiah 1:11–13
- 17:6 – Psalms 127:3–5, Proverbs 16:31, Proverbs 13:22
- 17:7 – Proverbs 29:12, Psalms 50:16–17, 2 Samuel 23:3
- 17:8 – Exodus 23:8, Micah 7:3, Deuteronomy 16:19
- 17:9 – Proverbs 10:12, 1 Peter 4:8, Proverbs 16:28
- 17:10 – Revelation 3:19, Proverbs 9:8–9, Psalms 141:5
- 17:11 – 1 Kings 2:46, 2 Samuel 16:5–9, 2 Samuel 18:15
- 17:12 – 2 Samuel 17:8, Hosea 13:8, Proverbs 27:3
- 17:13 – Psalms 109:4–13, Psalms 55:12–15, Romans 12:17
- 17:14 – Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 25:8, 2 Timothy 2:23–24
- 17:15 – Exodus 23:7, Proverbs 18:5, Isaiah 5:23
- 17:16 – Proverbs 21:25–26, Proverbs 23:23, Deuteronomy 5:29
- 17:17 – Proverbs 18:24, John 15:13–14, 1 Samuel 20:17
- 17:18 – Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 6:1–5, Proverbs 22:26–27
- 17:19 – Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12, 1 Samuel 25:36–38
- 17:20 – James 3:6–8, Proverbs 10:31, Psalms 18:26
- 17:21 – Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 19:13, Genesis 26:34
- 17:22 – Proverbs 15:13, Proverbs 12:25, Proverbs 18:14
- 17:23 – Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19, Proverbs 17:8
- 17:24 – Ecclesiastes 2:14, Ecclesiastes 8:1, Psalms 119:37
- 17:25 – Proverbs 10:1, 2 Samuel 13:1–22, Proverbs 15:20
- 17:26 – Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 18:5, John 18:22
- 17:27 – James 3:18, James 1:19, Proverbs 10:19
- 17:28 – Job 13:5, Proverbs 15:2, Ecclesiastes 10:14
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