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Proverbs 17

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¹ Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife. ⓔ

² A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers.

³ A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, ⓕ and the LORD is the tester of hearts. ⓖ

⁴ A wicked person listens to malicious talk; [1] a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

⁵ The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, ⓗ and one who rejoices over calamity will not go unpunished. ⓘ

⁶ Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of children is their fathers.

⁷ Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips; how much worse are lies for a ruler.

⁸ A bribe ⓙ seems like a magic stone to its owner; wherever he turns, he succeeds. ⓚ

⁹ Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, ⓛ but whoever gossips about it separates friends. ⓜ

¹⁰ A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

¹¹ An evil person desires only rebellion; a cruel messenger [2] ⓝ will be sent against him.

¹² Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs ⓐ than a fool in his foolishness.

¹³ If anyone returns evil for good, ⓑ evil will never depart from his house. ⓒ

¹⁴ To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out. ⓓ

¹⁵ Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just ⓔ — both are detestable to the LORD.

¹⁶ Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom? ⓕ

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times, ⓖ and a brother is born for a difficult time.

¹⁸ One without sense enters an agreement [3] and puts up security for his friend. ⓗ

¹⁹ One who loves to offend loves strife; ⓘ one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

²⁰ One with a twisted mind will not succeed, and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin. ⓙ

²¹ A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy. ⓚ

²² A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. ⓛ

²³ A wicked person secretly takes a bribe ⓜ to subvert the course of justice. ⓝ

²⁴ Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes ⓐ roam to the ends of the earth.

²⁵ A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him. ⓑ

²⁷ The one who has knowledge restrains his words, ⓓ and one who keeps a cool head [5] is a person of understanding.

²⁸ Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent — discerning, when he seals his lips. ⓔ

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1	Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife. ⓔ
2	A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers.
3	A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, ⓕ and the LORD is the tester of hearts. ⓖ
4	A wicked person listens to malicious talk; [1] a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
5	The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, ⓗ and one who rejoices over calamity will not go unpunished. ⓘ
6	Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of children is their fathers.
7	Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips; how much worse are lies for a ruler.
8	A bribe ⓙ seems like a magic stone to its owner; wherever he turns, he succeeds. ⓚ
9	Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, ⓛ but whoever gossips about it separates friends. ⓜ
10	A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
11	An evil person desires only rebellion; a cruel messenger [2] ⓝ will be sent against him.
12	Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs ⓐ than a fool in his foolishness.
13	If anyone returns evil for good, ⓑ evil will never depart from his house. ⓒ
14	To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out. ⓓ
15	Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just ⓔ — both are detestable to the LORD.
16	Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom? ⓕ
17	A friend loves at all times, ⓖ and a brother is born for a difficult time.
18	One without sense enters an agreement [3] and puts up security for his friend. ⓗ
19	One who loves to offend loves strife; ⓘ one who builds a high threshold invites injury.
20	One with a twisted mind will not succeed, and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin. ⓙ
21	A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy. ⓚ
22	A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. ⓛ
23	A wicked person secretly takes a bribe ⓜ to subvert the course of justice. ⓝ
24	Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes ⓐ roam to the ends of the earth.
25	A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him. ⓑ
26	It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person or to beat a noble for his honesty. [4] ⓒ
27	The one who has knowledge restrains his words, ⓓ and one who keeps a cool head [5] is a person of understanding.
28	Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent — discerning, when he seals his lips. ⓔ

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