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| The Book of Proverbs 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | ||||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:1 | Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:2 | A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:3 | A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:4 | An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:5 | Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:6 | Sons` sons [are] the crown of old men, And the glory of sons [are] their fathers. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:7 | Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:8 | A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:9 | Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:10 | Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:11 | An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:12 | The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And not a fool in his folly. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:13 | Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:14 | The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:15 | Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these [are] an abomination to Jehovah. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:16 | Why [is] this a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none? | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:17 | At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:18 | A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:19 | Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:20 | The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:21 | Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:22 | A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:23 | A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:24 | The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool at the end of the earth. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:25 | A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:26 | Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:27 | One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper [is] a man of understanding. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 17:28 | Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent! | |||||||||||||||
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