Proverbs 17

1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

טֹוב פַּת חֲרֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה־בָהּ מִבַּיִת מָלֵא זִבְחֵי־רִיב׃ (1828)

See also: Proverbs 15:17, Psalms 37:16, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 21:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, Ecclesiastes 4:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:12, Proverbs 7:14, 1 Samuel 20:24, James 5:5

2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

עֶבֶד־מַשְׂכִּיל יִמְשֹׁל בְּבֵן מֵבִישׁ וּבְתֹוךְ אַחִים יַחֲלֹק נַחֲלָה׃ (1996)

See also: Proverbs 10:5, Proverbs 14:35, Proverbs 19:26, Ecclesiastes 4:13, Genesis 39:4, Proverbs 12:24, Genesis 41:41, Proverbs 11:29, Proverbs 27:18, Proverbs 29:15, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 24:4-67, Proverbs 16:20

3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וּבֹחֵן לִבֹּות יְהוָה׃ (1406)

4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

מֵרַע מַקְשִׁיב עַל־שְׂפַת־אָוֶן שֶׁקֶר מֵזִין עַל־לְשֹׁון הַוֹּת׃ (3303)

See also: 2 Timothy 4:3-4, Proverbs 28:4, 1 John 4:5, Isaiah 30:10, Proverbs 6:12, Exodus 23:1, 1 Samuel 24:9, Jeremiah 5:31, 1 Kings 22:6-28, Revelation 13:3-8

5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

לֹעֵג לָרָשׁ חֵרֵף עֹשֵׂהוּ שָׂמֵחַ לְאֵיד לֹא יִנָּקֶה׃ (1891)

6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

עֲטֶרֶת זְקֵנִים בְּנֵי בָנִים וְתִפְאֶרֶת בָּנִים אֲבֹותָם׃ (2688)

See also: Job 42:16, Psalms 128:6, Psalms 127:4, Psalms 127:3-5, Proverbs 16:31, Proverbs 13:22, Psalms 128:3-6, Exodus 3:14-15, Genesis 50:23, 1 Kings 11:12, 1 Kings 15:4, Psalms 107:41, Isaiah 49:18, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, 1 Kings 1:48, Job 21:8, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Jeremiah 8:8, Job 29:5

7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

לֹא־נָאוָה לְנָבָל שְׂפַת־יֶתֶר אַף כִּי־לְנָדִיב שְׂפַת־שָׁקֶר׃ (3182)

See also: Proverbs 29:12, Proverbs 6:17, Psalms 50:16-17, Proverbs 26:7, Judges 16:7, 2 Samuel 23:3, Job 34:12, Psalms 101:3-5, Proverbs 12:19, Proverbs 16:10-13, Proverbs 26:1, Matthew 7:5, Proverbs 19:10

8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

אֶבֶן־חֵן הַשֹּׁחַד בְּעֵינֵי בְעָלָיו אֶל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה יַשְׂכִּיל׃ (1785)

9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

מְכַסֶּה־פֶּשַׁע מְבַקֵּשׁ אַהֲבָה וְשֹׁנֶה בְדָבָר מַפְרִיד אַלּוּף׃ (2050)

See also: 1 Peter 4:8, Proverbs 10:12, 1 Corinthians 13:4, Proverbs 16:28, Psalms 32:1, Proverbs 12:16, Proverbs 28:13

10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

תֵּחַת גְּעָרָה בְמֵבִין מֵהַכֹּות כְּסִיל מֵאָה׃ (1827)

See also: Revelation 3:19, Proverbs 9:8-9, Proverbs 19:25, 1 Samuel 25:33, Psalms 141:5, Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 13:1, Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 27:22, Ecclesiastes 7:5, Luke 17:3, Genesis 21:25, Judges 2:4, Proverbs 19:29, Proverbs 26:3, Proverbs 29:19, Ezekiel 3:21

11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

אַךְ־מְרִי יְבַקֶּשׁ־רָע וּמַלְאָךְ אַכְזָרִי יְשֻׁלַּח־בֹּו׃ (1644)

See also: Proverbs 11:27, 1 Kings 2:46, 1 Peter 2:13, 2 Samuel 16:5-9, 2 Samuel 18:15, Proverbs 26:17, Proverbs 16:14

12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

פָּגֹושׁ דֹּב שַׁכּוּל בְּאִישׁ וְאַל־כְּסִיל בְּאִוַּלְתֹּו׃ (1666)

See also: 2 Samuel 17:8, Hosea 13:8, 2 Kings 2:24, Proverbs 27:3, Daniel 7:5, Genesis 19:9, Proverbs 28:15, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Daniel 3:13, Revelation 13:2, Matthew 2:16

13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

מֵשִׁיב רָעָה תַּחַת טֹובָה לֹא־ [תָמִישׁ כ] (תָמוּשׁ ק) רָעָה מִבֵּיתֹו׃ (3837)

14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

פֹּוטֵר מַיִם רֵאשִׁית מָדֹון וְלִפְנֵי הִתְגַּלַּע הָרִיב נְטֹושׁ׃ (2662)

15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

מַצְדִּיק רָשָׁע וּמַרְשִׁיעַ צַדִּיק תֹּועֲבַת יְהוָה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶם׃ (2996)

16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

לָמָּה־זֶּה מְחִיר בְּיַד־כְּסִיל לִקְנֹות חָכְמָה וְלֶב־אָיִן׃ (1239)

17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

בְּכָל־עֵת אֹהֵב הָרֵעַ וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵד׃ (1195)

18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

אָדָם חֲסַר־לֵב תֹּוקֵעַ כָּף עֹרֵב עֲרֻבָּה לִפְנֵי רֵעֵהוּ׃ (2021)

See also: Proverbs 6:1, Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 22:26-27, Proverbs 20:16, Psalms 112:5, Genesis 43:11, Proverbs 22:16, Job 17:3

19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

אֹהֵב פֶּשַׁע אֹהֵב מַצָּה מַגְבִּיהַּ פִּתְחֹו מְבַקֶּשׁ־שָׁבֶר׃ (2099)

See also: Proverbs 29:22, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12, 1 Samuel 25:36-38, James 3:14-16, 2 Samuel 15:1, 1 Kings 1:5, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 24:27, Proverbs 29:9, James 1:20, Jeremiah 22:13-15, Jeremiah 22:14, Daniel 4:20-21, 2 Corinthians 12:20

20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

עִקֶּשׁ־לֵב לֹא יִמְצָא־טֹוב וְנֶהְפָּךְ בִּלְשֹׁונֹו יִפֹּול בְּרָעָה׃ (1649)

See also: Proverbs 4:24, Psalms 140:11, James 3:6-8, Proverbs 10:9, Proverbs 10:31, Jeremiah 23:36, Job 9:20, Psalms 18:26, Proverbs 3:32, Proverbs 6:12-15, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 10:10, Proverbs 10:14, Proverbs 18:6-7, Ecclesiastes 10:12

21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

יֹלֵד כְּסִיל לְתוּגָה לֹו וְלֹא־יִשְׂמַח אֲבִי נָבָל׃ (1134)

See also: Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 19:13, Genesis 26:34, 1 Samuel 2:32-35, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 17:25, Proverbs 23:15-16, Ezekiel 18:14, 2 Samuel 18:33, 2 Corinthians 2:3, Philemon 1:19-20, 3 John 1:4

22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

לֵב מֵחַ יֵיטִב גֵּהָה וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־גָּרֶם׃ (1375)

See also: Proverbs 15:13, Proverbs 12:25, Nehemiah 8:10, Proverbs 18:14, 2 Corinthians 7:10, Ecclesiastes 9:7-9, Romans 5:2-5, Proverbs 14:30, 2 Corinthians 2:7, Psalms 102:3-5, Psalms 22:15, Psalms 32:3-4, Proverbs 15:15, Psalms 102:5, Proverbs 15:30, Isaiah 66:14

23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

שֹׁחַד מֵחֵיק רָשָׁע יִקָּח לְהַטֹּות אָרְחֹות מִשְׁפָּט׃ (2652)

See also: Exodus 23:8, Ecclesiastes 7:7, Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 27:19, Proverbs 17:8, Micah 7:3, Isaiah 1:23, Isaiah 5:23, Acts 24:26, 1 Samuel 8:3, 1 Samuel 12:3, Proverbs 18:16, Proverbs 21:14, Ezekiel 22:12, Micah 3:11, Mark 14:10-11

24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

אֶת־פְּנֵי מֵבִין חָכְמָה וְעֵינֵי כְסִיל בִּקְצֵה־אָרֶץ׃ (1470)

See also: Ecclesiastes 2:14, Ecclesiastes 8:1, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 14:6, Ecclesiastes 8:5, Proverbs 8:9, Proverbs 15:14, Proverbs 23:5, Proverbs 24:7, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Matthew 11:19, John 7:17, 1 John 2:16

25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

כַּעַס לְאָבִיו בֵּן כְּסִיל וּמֶמֶר לְיֹולַדְתֹּו׃ (1143)

See also: Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 23:25, 2 Samuel 18:33, 2 Samuel 13:1-22, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 17:21, Proverbs 19:13, Proverbs 19:26, 2 Samuel 19:1, Ecclesiastes 2:18-19, 2 Corinthians 2:5

26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

גַּם עֲנֹושׁ לַצַּדִּיק לֹא־טֹוב לְהַכֹּות נְדִיבִים עַל־יֹשֶׁר׃ (1938)

See also: Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 18:5, John 18:22, Job 34:18-19, Genesis 18:25, 2 Samuel 3:39, Micah 5:1, 2 Samuel 3:23-25, 2 Samuel 16:7-8, 2 Samuel 19:7, Jeremiah 37:18, Nehemiah 5:9

27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

חֹושֵׂךְ אֲמָרָיו יֹודֵעַ דָּעַת [וְקַר־ כ] (יְקַר־רוּחַ ק) אִישׁ תְּבוּנָה׃ (2879)

See also: James 1:19, James 3:18, Proverbs 21:23, Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 15:28, James 3:2, Ecclesiastes 9:17, Proverbs 16:32, Daniel 6:3, Proverbs 12:26, Daniel 5:12

28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

גַּם אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב אֹטֵם שְׂפָתָיו נָבֹון׃ (1990)

See also: Job 13:5, Proverbs 15:2, Ecclesiastes 10:14, Ecclesiastes 5:3, Ecclesiastes 10:3, Job 32:16, Proverbs 30:32