nsb - Proverbs:17

nsb@Proverbs:17:1 @ Better is dry bread in peace than a house full of feasting with discord.

nsb@Proverbs:17:2 @ A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame and share the inheritance among the brothers.

nsb@Proverbs:17:3 @ The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold but Jehovah proves the heart.

nsb@Proverbs:17:4 @ The evildoer pays attention to false lips. A liar listens attentively to a wicked tongue.

nsb@Proverbs:17:5 @ When you mock the poor you disgrace your Maker. He who is glad at calamity will be punished.

nsb@Proverbs:17:6 @ Grandchildren are the crowns of old men. Fathers take pride in their children.

nsb@Proverbs:17:7 @ Excellent speech does not fit a fool; much less do lying lips a prince.

nsb@Proverbs:17:8 @ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes its owner. He prospers in everything he does.

nsb@Proverbs:17:9 @ He who covers a transgression seeks love but he who gossips breaks up friendships.

nsb@Proverbs:17:10 @ Reproof influences a wise man more than a hundred stripes does to a fool.

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

nsb@Proverbs:17:12 @ Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs then a fool in his foolishness.

nsb@Proverbs:17:13 @ Offer evil for good and evil will not depart from your house.

nsb@Proverbs:17:14 @ Starting a quarrel is like releasing water. Therefore stop contention before it begins.

nsb@Proverbs:17:15 @ Justify the wicked or condemn the just. Both are abomination to Jehovah.

nsb@Proverbs:17:16 @ Is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom? He has no sense!

nsb@Proverbs:17:17 @ A friend loves at all times. A true brother is born for adversity.

nsb@Proverbs:17:18 @ A man without understanding shakes hands and becomes surety for his friend.

nsb@Proverbs:17:19 @ He who loves transgression loves discord. He who opens his door seeks destruction.

nsb@Proverbs:17:20 @ He who has a deceitful heart finds no good. He who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

nsb@Proverbs:17:21 @ He who gives birth to a fool does it to his sorrow because the father of a fool has no joy.

nsb@Proverbs:17:22 @ A merry heart is good medicine but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

nsb@Proverbs:17:23 @ A wicked man takes a bribe to pervert the ways of judgment.

nsb@Proverbs:17:24 @ Wisdom is near the one who understands. But the eyes of a fool are far away at the ends of the earth.

nsb@Proverbs:17:25 @ A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

nsb@Proverbs:17:26 @ It is not good to punish the righteous. It is not good to strike princes because of their uprightness.

nsb@Proverbs:17:27 @ The man with knowledge restrains his words. A man of understanding has a quiet spirit.

nsb@Proverbs:17:28 @ Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise! He who shuts his mouth is esteemed a man of understanding.