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LSV PRO Chapter 17

PRO 17 ©

17Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it,
Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
2A wise servant rules over a son causing shame,
And he apportions an inheritance in the midst of brothers.
3A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold,
And the trier of hearts [is] YHWH.
4An evildoer is attentive to lips of vanity,
Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
5Whoever is mocking at the poor
Has reproached his Maker,
Whoever is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
6Sons’ sons [are] the crown of old men,
And the glory of sons [are] their fathers.
7A lip of excellence is not fitting for a fool, much less a lip of falsehood for a noble. 8A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors,
Wherever it turns, it prospers.
9Whoever is covering transgression is seeking love,
And whoever is repeating a matter
Is separating a familiar friend.
10Rebuke comes down on the intelligent
More than one hundred stripes on a fool.
11An evil man seeks only rebellion,
And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
12The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man,
And—not a fool in his folly.
13Whoever is returning evil for good,
Evil does not move from his house.
14The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters,
And leave the strife before it is meddled with.
15Whoever is justifying the wicked,
And condemning the righteous,
Even both of these [are] an abomination to YHWH.
16Why [is] this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
And a heart—there is none?
17The friend is loving at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
18A man lacking heart is striking hands,
He becomes a guarantor before his friend.
19Whoever is loving transgression is loving debate,
Whoever is making his entrance high is seeking destruction.
20The perverse of heart does not find good,
And the [one] turned in his tongue falls into evil.
21Whoever is begetting a fool has affliction for it,
Indeed, the father of a fool does not rejoice.
22A rejoicing heart does good to the body,
And a struck spirit dries the bone.
23The wicked takes a bribe from the bosom,
To turn aside the paths of judgment.
24The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom,
And the eyes of a fool—at the end of the earth.
25A foolish son [is] a provocation to his father,
And bitterness to her bearing him.
26Also, [it] is not good to fine the righteous,
To strike nobles for uprightness.
27One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words,
And the cool of temper [is] a man of understanding.
28Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise,
He who is shutting his lips [seems] intelligent!

PRO 17 ©

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