Proverbs 17 — DRA

Proverbs 17 of 31, DRA, 28 verses, free to read. Video for Proverbs 17 is in production.

  1. Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
  2. *A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
  3. As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.
  4. The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
  5. *He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his maker: and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.
  6. Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.
  7. Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.
  8. The expectation of him that expecteth is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
  9. He that concealeth a transgression, seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.
  10. A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
  11. An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
  12. It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly.
  13. *He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
  14. The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach, he forsaketh judgment.
  15. *He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.
  16. What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom?
  17. He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
  18. A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
  19. He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.
  20. He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.
  21. A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.
  22. *A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
  23. The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
  24. *Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.
  25. A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
  26. It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right.
  27. *He that setteth bounds to his words, is knowing and wise: and the man of understanding is of a precious spirit.
  28. Even a fool, if he will hold his peace shall be counted wise: and if he close his lips, a man of understanding.