jub - Proverbs:17

jub@Proverbs:17:1 @ Better [is] a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices [for a feast].

jub@Proverbs:17:2 @ A prudent servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

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

jub@Proverbs:17:4 @ An evil doer gives heed to false lips, [and] a liar gives ear to the tongue which curses.

jub@Proverbs:17:5 @ Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, [and] he that is glad regarding the calamity [of someone else] shall not go unpunished.

jub@Proverbs:17:6 @ Children's children [are] the crown of old men, and the honour of the children [are] their fathers.

jub@Proverbs:17:7 @ Excellent speech is not suitable for a fool: much less lying lips for a prince!

jub@Proverbs:17:8 @ A bribe [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.

jub@Proverbs:17:9 @ He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates [very] friends.

jub@Proverbs:17:10 @ Reproof is of more benefit to a wise man than a hundred stripes to a fool.

jub@Proverbs:17:11 @ The rebellious [man] seeks only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

jub@Proverbs:17:12 @ It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

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

jub@Proverbs:17:14 @ To release the [waters (to speak rashly)] is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.

jub@Proverbs:17:15 @ He that justifies the wicked and he that condemns the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.

jub@Proverbs:17:16 @ Of what good is the price to buy wisdom in the hand of the fool, seeing [he has] no heart [to understand]?

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

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

jub@Proverbs:17:19 @ Transgression loves him that loves strife, [and] he that exaltes his gate seeks destruction.

jub@Proverbs:17:20 @ He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up [trouble] with his tongue shall fall into evil.

jub@Proverbs:17:21 @ He that begets a fool [does it] to his sorrow, and the father of a fool shall have no joy.

jub@Proverbs:17:22 @ A joyful heart shall do good [like] a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

jub@Proverbs:17:23 @ A wicked [man] takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.

jub@Proverbs:17:24 @ Wisdom [appears] upon the countenance of him that has understanding, but the eyes of a fool [manifest his folly] unto the ends of the earth.

jub@Proverbs:17:25 @ The foolish son [is] a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.

jub@Proverbs:17:26 @ It is certainly not good to condemn the just, nor to smite princes for doing that which is upright.

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

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