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Proverbs 17 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Pro 17:1

Pro 17:1Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.

Pro 17:2

Pro 17:2A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.

Pro 17:3

Pro 17:3As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

Pro 17:4

Pro 17:4A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.

Pro 17:5

Pro 17:5He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.

Pro 17:6

Pro 17:6Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. (LXX 17:6a) The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.

Pro 17:7

Pro 17:7Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

Pro 17:8

Pro 17:8Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward: and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.

Pro 17:9

Pro 17:9He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide them separates friends and [fn]kindred.

Pro 17:10

Pro 17:10A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.

Pro 17:11

Pro 17:11Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.

Pro 17:12

Pro 17:12Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.

Pro 17:13

Pro 17:13Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.

Pro 17:14

Pro 17:14Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.

Pro 17:15

Pro 17:15He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.

Pro 17:16

Pro 17:16Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom.

Pro 17:17

Pro 17:17Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.

Pro 17:18

Pro 17:18A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.

Pro 17:19

Pro 17:19A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;

Pro 17:20

Pro 17:20and the hard-hearted man [fn]comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;

Pro 17:21

Pro 17:21and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.

Pro 17:22

Pro 17:22A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.

Pro 17:23

Pro 17:23The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in his bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.

Pro 17:24

Pro 17:24The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

Pro 17:25

Pro 17:25A foolish son is a cause of anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.

Pro 17:26

Pro 17:26It is not right to punish a righteous man, nor is it holy to plot against righteous princes.

Pro 17:27

Pro 17:27He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.

Pro 17:28

Pro 17:28Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
BES Footnotes
Comp. Heb.
Or, meets not with good men.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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