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Proverbs 17 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:6 - Sons' sons are the crown of old men, And the glory of sons are their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A stone of grace is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:10 - Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:11 - An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12 - The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:13 - Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:15 - Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these are an abomination to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:16 - Why is this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:20 - The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:22 - A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24 - The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:25 - A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:26 - Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:27 - One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper is a man of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Proverbs Chapter 17 — Additional Translations:

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