Proverbs 17:7-21

7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
8 A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn.
9 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.
11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them.
12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.
13 Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good.
14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the LORD detests them both.
16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.
19 Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.
20 One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.
21 To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.

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Cross References 14

  • 1. Proverbs 16:10
  • 2. S Exodus 23:8; Proverbs 19:6
  • 3. S Proverbs 10:12
  • 4. Proverbs 16:28
  • 5. S 1 Samuel 25:25
  • 6. S 1 Samuel 19:4; Psalms 109:4-5; Jeremiah 18:20
  • 7. S Genesis 44:4; S Psalms 35:12
  • 8. Matthew 5:25-26; Proverbs 20:3
  • 9. S Psalms 94:21; S Proverbs 18:5
  • 10. Exodus 23:6-7; Isaiah 5:23; Lamentations 3:34-36
  • 11. Proverbs 23:23
  • 12. S 2 Samuel 15:21; Proverbs 27:10
  • 13. Proverbs 6:1-5; S Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 22:26-27
  • 14. S Proverbs 10:1
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