Proverbs 17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Proverbs 17

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8 Prov 21.14; Isa 1.23; Am 5.12 A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it;

wherever they turn they prosper.

9 Prov 10.12; 16.28; Jas 5.20; 1 Pet 4.8 One who forgives an affront fosters friendship,

but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.

10A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person

than a hundred blows into a fool.

11Evil people seek only rebellion,

but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

12 Hos 13.8 Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs

than to confront a fool immersed in folly.

13 Ps 109.4, 5; Jer 18.20 Evil will not depart from the house

of one who returns evil for good.

14 Prov 20.3 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,

so stop before the quarrel breaks out.

15 Ex 23.7; Isa 5.23 One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous

are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

16Why should fools have a price in hand

to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?

17 Ruth 1.16; Prov 18.24 A friend loves at all times,

and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.

18 Prov 6.1 It is senseless to give a pledge,

to become surety for a neighbor.

19 Prov 16.18; 29.22 One who loves transgression loves strife;

one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.

20 Jas 3.8 The crooked of mind do not prosper,

and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.

21 Prov 10.1; 19.13 The one who fathers a fool gets trouble;

the parent of a fool has no joy.

22 Ps 22.15; Prov 15.13 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,

but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

23 Ex 23.8 The wicked accept a concealed bribe

to pervert the ways of justice.

24 Eccl 2.14 The discerning person looks to wisdom,

but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.

25 Prov 10.1 Foolish children are a grief to their father

and bitterness to her who bore them.

26 Prov 18.5 To impose a fine on the innocent is not right

or to flog the noble for their integrity.

27 Jas 1.19 One who spares words is knowledgeable;

one who is cool in spirit has understanding.

28 Job 13.5 Even fools who keep silent are considered wise;

when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent.