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PROVERB 17 - DAILY PROVERB
Proverbs 17:1 ¶ Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
Proverbs 17:2 ¶ A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 17:3 ¶ The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:4 ¶ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs 17:5 ¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 17:6 ¶ Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.
Proverbs 17:7 ¶ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Proverbs 17:8 ¶ A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs 17:9 ¶ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
Proverbs 17:10 ¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 17:11 ¶ An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:12 ¶ Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:13 ¶ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Proverbs 17:14 ¶ The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 17:15 ¶ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs 17:16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
Proverbs 17:17 ¶ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:18 ¶ A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 17:19 ¶ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs 17:20 ¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Proverbs 17:21 ¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 17:22 ¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 17:23 ¶ A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 17:24 ¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:25 ¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 17:26 ¶ Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.