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CHAP. XVII.

¹Better is a drie morsell, and quietnesse therewith; then an house full of sacrifices with strife.¹

²A wise seruant shall haue rule ouer a son that causeth shame: and shall haue part of the inheritance among the brethren.

To hide sinnes.

³The fining pot is for siluer, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.³

⁴A wicked doer giueth heed to false lips: and a liar giueth eare to a naughtie tongue.

⁵Whoso mocketh the poore, reproacheth his maker: and he that is glad at calamities, shall not be vnpunished.⁵

⁶Childrens children are the crowne of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.⁶

⁷Excellent speech becommeth not a foole: much lesse doe lying lippes a prince.⁷

⁸A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoeuer it turneth, it prospereth.⁸

⁹He that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue; but he that repeateth a matter, separateth very friends.⁹

¹⁰A reproofe entreth more into a wise man, then an hundred stripes into a foole.¹⁰

¹¹An euill man seeketh onely rebellion; therefore a cruell messenger shall be sent against him.

¹²Let a beare robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather then a foole in his folly.

¹³Whoso rewardeth euill for good, euill shall not depart from his house.¹³

¹⁴The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therfore leaue off contention, before it be medled with.

¹⁵He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust: euen they both are abomination to the Lord.¹⁵

¹⁶Wherfore is there a price in the hand of a foole to get wisedome, seeing he hath no heart to it?

¹⁷A friend loueth at all times, and a brother is borne for aduersitie.¹⁷

¹⁸A man void of vnderstanding striketh hands, and becommeth suretie in the presence of his friend.¹⁸

¹⁹He loueth transgression, that loueth strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction.

²⁰He that hath a froward heart, findeth no good, and he that hath a peruerse tongue, falleth into mischiefe.²⁰

²¹He that begetteth a foole, doth it to his sorrow: and the father of a foole hath no ioy.²¹

²²A merrie heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.²²

Of tale-bearers.

²³A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome, to peruert the wayes of iudgement.

²⁴Wisedome is before him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the ends of the earth.²⁴

²⁵A foolish sonne is a griefe to his father, & bitternes to her that bare him.²⁵

²⁶Also to punish the iust is not good, nor to strike princes for equitie.

²⁷He that hath knowledge, spareth his words: and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit.²⁷

²⁸Euen a foole, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips, is esteemed a man of vnderstanding.²⁸

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Proverbs Chapter 17

¹ Chap. 15. 17. , Or, good cheere.
³ Psal. 26. 2. cha. 27.21. iere. 17. 10 mala.3.3.
⁵ Chap.14. 13. , Heb. held innocent.
⁶ Psal. 127. 4. and 128. 3.
⁷ Heb. a lip of excellency. , Heb. a lip of lying.
⁸ Chap. 18. 16. , Hebr. a stone of grace.
⁹ Chap. 10. 12. , Or, procureth.
¹⁰ Or, a reproofe aweth more a wise man, then to strike a foole an hundred times.
¹³ Rom. 12. 17. 1.thess. 5. 15. 1.pet.3.9.
¹⁵ Exod. 23. 7 isa. 5.23. chap. 24. 24.
¹⁷ Chap. 18. 24.
¹⁸ Chap. 6. 1. and 11. 15. , Heb. heart.
²⁰ Heb. the froward of heart.
²¹ Cha. 10. 1.
²² Chap. 15. 13. and 12. 25. , Or, to a medicine.
²⁴ Eccles.2. 14. and 8.1.
²⁵ Chap. 10. 1. & 15. 20. and 19. 13.
²⁷ Iam. 1. 19. , Or, a coole spirit.
²⁸ Iob 13. 5.

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