Proverbs 17 (NET)

Proverbs 17:1¹Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:17Ps 37:16Prov 21:19Prov 21:9

Proverbs 17:2²A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:5Eccl 4:13Prov 14:35Prov 19:26Prov 11:29Prov 29:15Gen 24:4-67

Proverbs 17:3³The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 48:10Jer 17:10Ps 26:2Prov 27:211 Chr 29:171 Pet 1:7Ps 66:10Mal 3:2-3Rev 2:23Zech 13:9

Proverbs 17:4⁴One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 4:3-41 John 4:5Prov 28:4Isa 30:10Jer 5:311 Kgs 22:6-28Rev 13:3-8

Proverbs 17:5⁵The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 14:31Job 31:291 John 3:17Obad 1:11-13Prov 14:21Prov 16:5Prov 24:17-18Rom 12:15Ps 69:9Jer 17:16

Proverbs 17:6⁶Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 127:3-5Prov 16:31Prov 13:22Ps 128:3-6Exod 3:14-151 Kgs 11:121 Kgs 15:4Gen 50:23Job 42:16-17

Proverbs 17:7⁷Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 29:12Ps 50:16-172 Sam 23:3Job 34:12Matt 7:5Prov 12:19Prov 16:10-13Prov 26:7Ps 101:3-5

Proverbs 17:8⁸A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 23:8Mic 7:31 Sam 25:35Amos 5:12Deut 16:19Isa 1:23Prov 17:23Prov 21:142 Sam 16:1-4Gen 33:9-11

Proverbs 17:9⁹The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:121 Pet 4:8Prov 16:28Ps 32:1

Proverbs 17:10¹⁰A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 3:19Prov 9:8-9Prov 13:1Prov 15:5Prov 19:25Prov 27:22Prov 29:19Ps 141:5

Proverbs 17:11¹¹An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:462 Sam 16:5-92 Sam 18:15

Proverbs 17:12¹²It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 17:8Hos 13:8Prov 27:3Prov 28:152 Kgs 2:24Matt 2:16

Proverbs 17:13¹³As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 109:4-131 Pet 3:9Ps 55:12-15Rom 12:17Ps 35:12Ps 38:202 Sam 12:101 Sam 24:171 Thess 5:15Matt 27:5

Proverbs 17:14¹⁴Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; abandon strife before it breaks out!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:3Prov 25:82 Tim 2:23-241 Thess 4:11Eccl 7:8-9Prov 15:1Prov 16:32Prov 19:112 Chr 10:14-162 Chr 13:17

Proverbs 17:15¹⁵The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent — both of them are an abomination to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 23:7Isa 5:23Prov 18:5Prov 24:23-24Amos 6:12Isa 55:8-9Prov 15:8Amos 5:12Amos 5:71 Kgs 21:13

Proverbs 17:16¹⁶What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:25-26Prov 23:23Acts 28:26-27Deut 5:29Prov 18:15Prov 8:4-52 Cor 6:1Acts 13:46Hos 4:11Isa 55:1-3

Proverbs 17:17¹⁷A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 18:24John 15:13-141 Sam 20:171 Sam 18:3Prov 19:7Heb 2:11Ruth 1:162 Sam 1:26Esth 4:141 Sam 23:16

Proverbs 17:18¹⁸The one who lacks sense strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:15Prov 6:1-5Prov 22:26-27Prov 20:16Prov 22:16

Proverbs 17:19¹⁹The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:18Prov 18:121 Sam 25:36-38Jas 3:14-161 Kgs 1:52 Sam 15:1Jas 1:20Prov 17:14Prov 24:27Prov 29:22-23

Proverbs 17:20²⁰The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 3:6-8Prov 10:31Eccl 10:12Prov 10:10Prov 10:14Prov 18:6-7Prov 3:32Prov 6:12-15Prov 8:13Ps 18:26

Proverbs 17:21²¹Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:1Prov 19:131 Sam 2:32-35Gen 26:34Prov 15:20Prov 17:25Prov 23:15-162 Cor 2:32 Sam 18:333 John 1:4

Proverbs 17:22²²A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:13Prov 12:25Prov 18:142 Cor 7:10Eccl 9:7-9Rom 5:2-52 Cor 2:7Ps 102:3-5Ps 22:15Ps 32:3-4

Proverbs 17:23²³A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 16:19Exod 23:8Mic 7:3Prov 17:8Isa 1:231 Sam 12:31 Sam 8:3Ezek 22:12Mark 14:10-11Mic 3:11

Proverbs 17:24²⁴Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:14Eccl 8:1Prov 14:6Ps 119:371 John 2:16Eccl 6:9John 7:17Prov 15:14Prov 23:5

Proverbs 17:25²⁵A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:12 Sam 13:1-22Prov 15:20Prov 19:13Eccl 2:18-19

Proverbs 17:26²⁶It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 17:15Prov 18:5John 18:22Job 34:18-192 Sam 3:39Gen 18:25Mic 5:12 Sam 16:7-82 Sam 19:72 Sam 3:23-25

Proverbs 17:27²⁷The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 3:18Jas 1:19Prov 10:19Prov 14:29Prov 15:28Jas 3:2Eccl 9:17Prov 16:32

Proverbs 17:28²⁸Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 13:5Prov 15:2Eccl 10:14Eccl 5:3Eccl 10:3