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  17:1 ¶
Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house [full] of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife. |
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17:1 ¶
Betterº
[is] a dryº
morsel,º
and quietnessº
therewith, than an houseºº
fullº
of sacrificesº
[with] strife.º |
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17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren. |
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17:2
A wiseºº
servantº
shall have ruleºº
over a sonº
that causeth shame,ºº
and shall have partºº
of the inheritanceº
amongº
the brethren.º |
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17:3
As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord. |
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17:3
The fining potº
[is] for silver,º
and the furnaceº
for gold:º
but Yahwehº
triethºº
the hearts.º |
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17:4
A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips. |
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17:4
A wicked doerºº
giveth heedºº
toº
falseº
lips;º
[and] a liarº
giveth earºº
toº
a naughtyº
tongue.º |
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17:5
He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy. |
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17:5
Whoso mockethºº
the poorºº
reproachethºº
his Maker:ºº
[and] he that is gladº
at calamitiesº
shall notº
be unpunished.ºº |
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17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing. |
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17:6
Children'sº
childrenº
[are] the crownº
of old men;º
and the gloryº
of childrenº
[are] their fathers.º |
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17:7
Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man. |
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17:7
Excellentº
speechº
becomethº
notº
a fool:º
much lessºº
do lyingº
lipsº
a prince.º |
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17:8
Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper. |
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17:8
A giftº
[is as] a preciousº
stoneº
in the eyesº
of him that hathº
it: whithersoeverººº
it turneth,ºº
it prospereth.ºº |
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17:9
He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide [them] separates friends and kindred. |
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17:9
He that coverethºº
a transgressionº
seekethºº
love;º
but he that repeatethºº
a matterº
separatethºº
[very] friends.º |
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17:10
A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not. |
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17:10
A reproofº
enterethºº
moreº
into a wiseº
manºº
than an hundredº
stripesººº
into a fool.º |
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17:11
Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger. |
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17:11
An evilº
[man] seekethºº
onlyº
rebellion:º
therefore a cruelº
messengerº
shall be sentºº
against him. |
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17:12
Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils. |
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17:12
Let a bearº
robbedº
of her whelps meetºº
a man,º
ratherº
thanº
a foolº
in his folly.º |
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17:13
Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house. |
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17:13
Whoso rewardethºº
evilº
forº
good,º
evilº
shall notº
departºººº
from his house.ºº |
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17:14
Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty. |
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17:14
The beginningº
of strifeº
[is as] when one letteth outºº
water:º
therefore leave offºº
contention,º
beforeº
it be meddledºº
with.º |
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17:15
He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God. |
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17:15
He that justifiethºº
the wicked,º
and he that condemnethºº
the just,º
evenº
they bothº
[are] abominationº
to Yahweh.º |
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17:16
Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief. |
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17:16
Whereforeºº
[is there] a priceº
in the handº
of a foolº
to getºº
wisdom,º
seeing [he hath] noº
heartº
[to it]? |
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17:17
Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born. |
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17:17
A friendº
lovethºº
at allº
times,º
and a brotherº
is bornºº
for adversity.º |
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17:18
A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, [as he] also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends. |
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17:18
A manº
voidº
of understandingº
strikethºº
hands,º
[and] becomethºº
suretyº
in the presenceº
of his friend.º |
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17:19
A lover of sin rejoices in strifes; |
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17:19
He lovethºº
transgressionº
that lovethºº
strife:º
[and] he that exaltethºº
his gateº
seekethºº
destruction.º |
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17:20
and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs; |
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17:20
He that hath a frowardº
heartº
findethºº
noº
good:º
and he that hath a perverseºº
tongueº
fallethºº
into mischief.º |
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17:21
and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother. |
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17:21
He that begettethºº
a foolº
[doeth it] to his sorrow:º
and the fatherº
of a foolº
hath noº
joy.ºº |
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17:22
A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up. |
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17:22
A merryº
heartº
doeth goodºº
[like] a medicine:º
but a brokenº
spiritº
driethºº
the bones.º |
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17:23
The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in [his] bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness. |
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17:23
A wickedº
[man] takethºº
a giftº
out of the bosomºº
to pervertºº
the waysº
of judgment.º |
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17:24
The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool [go] to the ends of the earth. |
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17:24
Wisdomº
[is] beforeºº
him that hath understanding;ººº
but the eyesº
of a foolº
[are] in the endsº
of the earth.º |
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17:25
A foolish son [is a cause of] anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him. |
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17:25
A foolishº
sonº
[is] a griefº
to his father,º
and bitternessº
to her that bareºº
him. |
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17:26
[It is] not right to punish a righteous man, nor [is it] holy to plot against righteous princes. |
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17:26
Alsoº
to punishºº
the justº
[is] notº
good,º
[nor] to strikeºº
princesº
forº
equity.º |
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17:27
He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise. |
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17:27
He that hathºº
knowledgeºº
sparethºº
his words:º
[and] a manº
of understandingº
is of an excellentººº
spirit.º |
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17:28
Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible. |
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17:28
Evenº
a fool,º
when he holdeth his peace,ºº
is countedºº
wise:º
[and] he that shuttethºº
his lipsº
[is esteemed] a man of understanding.ºº |
