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Proverbes 17

XVII ¶ [ref][fn]Better is a drie morsell, and quietnesse therewith; then an house full of sacrifices with strife. 2 A wise seruant shall haue rule ouer a son that causeth shame: and shall haue part of the inheritance among the brethren. 3 [ref]The fining pot is for siluer, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. 4 A wicked doer giueth heed to false lips: and a liar giueth eare to a naughtie tongue. 5 [ref][fn]Whoso mocketh the poore, reproacheth his maker: and he that is glad at calamities, shall not be vnpunished. 6 [ref]Childrens children are the crowne of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers. 7 [fn][fn]Excellent speech becommeth not a foole: much lesse doe lying lippes a prince. 8 [ref][fn]A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoeuer it turneth, it prospereth. 9 [ref][fn]He that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue; but he that repeateth a matter, separateth very friends. 10 [fn]A reproofe entreth more into a wise man, then an hundred stripes into a foole. 11 An euill man seeketh onely rebellion; therefore a cruell messenger shall be sent against him. 12 Let a beare robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather then a foole in his folly. 13 [ref]Whoso rewardeth euill for good, euill shall not depart from his house. 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therfore leaue off contention, before it be medled with. 15 [ref]He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust: euen they both are abomination to the LORD. 16 Wherfore is there a price in the hand of a foole to get wisedome, seeing he hath no heart to it? 17 [ref]A friend loueth at all times, and a brother is borne for aduersitie. 18 [ref][fn]A man void of vnderstanding striketh hands, and becommeth suretie in the presence of his friend. 19 He loueth transgression, that loueth strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction. 20 [fn]He that hath a froward heart, findeth no good, and he that hath a peruerse tongue, falleth into mischiefe. 21 [ref]He that begetteth a foole, doth it to his sorrow: and the father of a foole hath no ioy. 22 [ref][fn]A merrie heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome, to peruert the wayes of iudgement. 24 [ref]Wisedome is before him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the ends of the earth. 25 [ref]A foolish sonne is a griefe to his father, & bitternes to her that bare him. 26 Also to punish the iust is not good, nor to strike princes for equitie. 27 [ref][fn]He that hath knowledge, spareth his words: and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit. 28 [ref]Euen a foole, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips, is esteemed a man of vnderstanding.

17:1 Or, good cheere.

17:5 Heb. held innocent.

17:7 Heb. a lip of excellency.

17:7 Heb. a lip of lying.

17:8 Hebr. a stone of grace.

17:9 Or, procureth.

17:10 Or, a reproofe aweth more a wise man, then to strike a foole an hundred times.

17:18 Heb. heart.

17:20 Heb. the froward of heart.

17:22 Or, to a medicine.

17:27 Or, a coole spirit.

17:1 Chap. 15.17.