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UST PROV Chapter 17

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17 It is better for someone to have a little stale food to eat while living peacefully

than for someone to live in a house where people frequently eat large meals while arguing with each other.

2 An insightful slave will become the boss of a disgraceful son of his master,

and that slave will inherit a portion of his master’s property along with his master’s sons.

3 People put silver and gold into very hot furnaces to burn out what is impure,

and Yahweh tests what people are thinking and desiring to do in a similar manner.

4 People who act wickedly listen carefully when people speak what is sinful;

people who lie pay attention when people say things that destroy others.

5 People who ridicule poor people despise Yahweh, who made them;

Yahweh will certainly punish people who rejoice when other people experience disastrous things.

6 Old people are proud of their grandchildren,

and children are proud of their parents.

7 It is not fitting for worthless people to speak eloquently.

It is even less fitting for royal officials to speak falsely!

8 People who pay bribes think that bribes are magical;

by paying bribes, they think that everything that they do will be successful.

9 If you want people to love you, forgive them for the wrong things that they have done to you.

If you continue to remind them about those wrong things, they will no longer be your friends.

10 Rebuking sensible people once causes them to learn

more than hitting foolish people a hundred times causes them to learn.

11 Evil people only want to rebel,

so a merciless messenger will come and punish them.

12 A mother bear who is furious because someone has stolen her cubs is dangerous,

but it can be more dangerous to confront a foolish person who is doing something foolish.

13 If someone does bad things to people who have done good things to him,

then bad things will always happen to his family.

14 When people start arguing with each other, it is as difficult to stop as it is to stop water that is leaking out of a dam,

so prevent yourself from arguing before you start to argue.

15 There are people who acquit guilty people,

and there are people who condemn innocent people;

Yahweh detests both types of people.

16 How useless it is for foolish people to try to pay money in order to become wise

when they are unable to think!

17 A friend loves you all the time,

and relatives exist in order to help other relatives when disastrous things happen.

18 People who do not think wisely agree to pay someone else’s loan

and even guarantee to pay that loan in front of people whom they know.

19 People who love to sin also love to cause people to argue;

people who brag a lot cause others to destroy them.

20 People who think deceitfully will not experience good things,

and bad things will happen to people who speak deceitfully.

21 Foolish people grieve their parents.

Indeed, worthless people will cause their parents to be very sad.

22 Being cheerful helps the body to heal,

but being discouraged makes the body weak.

23 Wicked people accept bribes that people give to them secretly,

so that they will decide matters unfairly.

24 Understanding people concentrate on what is wise,

but foolish people cannot concentrate on anything.

25 Foolish children grieve their fathers

and make their mothers miserable.

26 Punishing innocent people is surely very bad,

and flogging noble people would be just as wrong.

27 People who refrain from speaking unnecessarily are knowledgeable,

and people who can remain calm are truly wise.

28 People will think even foolish people are wise if those foolish people do not speak.

Indeed, if fools refrain from speaking people will consider them to be insightful.

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