The KJV Bible With Strong's References:
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Proverbs 17
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- 17:1
Better is a
dry
morsel, and
quietness therewith, than an
house
full of
sacrifices with
strife.
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- 17:2 A
wise
servant shall have
rule over a
son that causeth
shame, and shall have
part of the
inheritance
among the
brethren.
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- 17:3 The fining
pot is for
silver, and the
furnace for
gold: but the
LORD
trieth the
hearts.
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- 17:4 A wicked
doer giveth
heed to
false
lips; and a
liar giveth
ear to a
naughty
tongue.
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- 17:5 Whoso
mocketh the
poor
reproacheth his
Maker: and he that is
glad at
calamities shall not be
unpunished.
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- 17:6
Children's
children are the
crown of old
men; and the
glory of
children are their
fathers.
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- 17:7
Excellent
speech
becometh not a
fool: much less do
lying
lips a
prince.
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- 17:8 A
gift is as a
precious
stone in the
eyes of him that
hath it: whithersoever it
turneth, it
prospereth.
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- 17:9 He that
covereth a
transgression
seeketh
love; but he that
repeateth a
matter
separateth very
friends.
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- 17:10 A
reproof
entereth more into a wise
man than an
hundred
stripes into a
fool.
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- 17:11 An
evil man
seeketh only
rebellion: therefore a
cruel
messenger shall be
sent against him.
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- 17:12 Let a
bear
robbed of her whelps
meet a
man, rather
than a
fool in his
folly.
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- 17:13 Whoso
rewardeth
evil for
good,
evil shall not
depart
(8799) from his
house.
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- 17:14 The
beginning of
strife is as when one letteth
out
water: therefore leave
off
contention,
before it be
meddled with.
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- 17:15 He that
justifieth the
wicked, and he that
condemneth the
just, even they
both are
abomination to the
LORD.
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- 17:16 Wherefore is there a
price in the
hand of a
fool to
get
wisdom, seeing he hath no
heart to it?
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- 17:17 A
friend
loveth at all
times, and a
brother is
born for
adversity.
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- 17:18 A
man
void of
understanding
striketh
hands, and
becometh
surety in the
presence of his
friend.
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- 17:19 He
loveth
transgression that
loveth
strife: and he that
exalteth his
gate
seeketh
destruction.
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- 17:20 He that hath a
froward
heart
findeth no
good: and he that hath a
perverse
tongue
falleth into
mischief.
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- 17:21 He that
begetteth a
fool doeth it to his
sorrow: and the
father of a
fool hath no
joy.
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- 17:22 A
merry
heart doeth
good like a
medicine: but a
broken
spirit
drieth the
bones.
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- 17:23 A
wicked man
taketh a
gift out of the
bosom to
pervert the
ways of
judgment.
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- 17:24
Wisdom is before him that hath
understanding
*; but the
eyes of a
fool are in the
ends of the
earth.
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- 17:25 A
foolish
son is a
grief to his
father, and
bitterness to her that
bare him.
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- 17:26 Also to
punish the
just is not
good, nor to
strike
princes for
equity.
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- 17:27 He that
hath
knowledge
spareth his
words: and a
man of
understanding is of an
excellent
*
spirit.
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- 17:28 Even a
fool, when he holdeth his
peace, is
counted
wise: and he that
shutteth his
lips is esteemed a man of
understanding.
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