akjv - 17

akjv@Proverbs:17:1 @ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

akjv@Proverbs:17:2 @ A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers.

akjv@Proverbs:17:3 @ The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.

akjv@Proverbs:17:4 @ A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.

akjv@Proverbs:17:5 @ Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

akjv@Proverbs:17:6 @ Children' children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

akjv@Proverbs:17:7 @ Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

akjv@Proverbs:17:8 @ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever it turns, it prospers.

akjv@Proverbs:17:9 @ He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.

akjv@Proverbs:17:10 @ A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

akjv@Proverbs:17:11 @ An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

akjv@Proverbs:17:12 @ Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

akjv@Proverbs:17:13 @ Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

akjv@Proverbs:17:14 @ The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

akjv@Proverbs:17:15 @ He that justifies the wicked, and he that comdemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

akjv@Proverbs:17:16 @ Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart to it?

akjv@Proverbs:17:17 @ A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

akjv@Proverbs:17:18 @ A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.

akjv@Proverbs:17:19 @ He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.

akjv@Proverbs:17:20 @ He that has a fraudulent heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

akjv@Proverbs:17:21 @ He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.

akjv@Proverbs:17:22 @ A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.

akjv@Proverbs:17:23 @ A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

akjv@Proverbs:17:24 @ Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

akjv@Proverbs:17:25 @ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.

akjv@Proverbs:17:26 @ Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

akjv@Proverbs:17:27 @ He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

akjv@Proverbs:17:28 @ Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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