Proverbs 17
Contrast The Upright And The Wicked
Than a house full of feasting with strife.
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.
But the LORD tests hearts.
A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
And the glory of sons is their fathers.
Much less are lying lips to a prince.
Wherever he turns, he prospers.
But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
Than a hundred blows into a fool.
So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Rather than a fool in his folly.
Evil will not depart from his house.
So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.
Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
When he has no sense?
And a brother is born for adversity.
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
He who raises his door seeks destruction.
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.
And the father of a fool has no joy.
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
To pervert the ways of justice.
But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
And bitterness to her who bore him.
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
And he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.