ylt - 17

ylt@Proverbs:17:1 @Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

ylt@Proverbs:17:2 @A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

ylt@Proverbs:17:3 @A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah.

ylt@Proverbs:17:4 @An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

ylt@Proverbs:17:5 @Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

ylt@Proverbs:17:6 @Sons' sons [are] the crown of old men, And the glory of sons [are] their fathers.

ylt@Proverbs:17:7 @Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

ylt@Proverbs:17:8 @A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

ylt@Proverbs:17:9 @Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

ylt@Proverbs:17:10 @Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

ylt@Proverbs:17:11 @An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

ylt@Proverbs:17:12 @The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.

ylt@Proverbs:17:13 @Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

ylt@Proverbs:17:14 @The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

ylt@Proverbs:17:15 @Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these [are] an abomination to Jehovah.

ylt@Proverbs:17:16 @Why [is] this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

ylt@Proverbs:17:17 @At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

ylt@Proverbs:17:18 @A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

ylt@Proverbs:17:19 @Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

ylt@Proverbs:17:20 @The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

ylt@Proverbs:17:21 @Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

ylt@Proverbs:17:22 @A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

ylt@Proverbs:17:23 @A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

ylt@Proverbs:17:24 @The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.

ylt@Proverbs:17:25 @A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

ylt@Proverbs:17:26 @Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.

ylt@Proverbs:17:27 @One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper [is] a man of understanding.

ylt@Proverbs:17:28 @Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

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