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| The Book of Proverbs 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Basic English Online Bible (BEN) | ||||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:1 | Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:2 | A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:3 | The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:4 | A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:5 | Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:6 | Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:7 | Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:8 | An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:9 | He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:10 | A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:11 | An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:12 | It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:13 | If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:14 | The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:15 | He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:16 | How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense? | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:17 | A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:18 | A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:19 | The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:20 | Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:21 | He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:22 | A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:23 | A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:24 | Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:25 | A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:26 | To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:27 | He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:28 | Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense. | |||||||||||||||
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