Proverbs 17:7-21

7ExcellentH3499 speechH8193 becomethH5000 not a foolH5036: much less do lyingH8267 lipsH8193 a princeH5081.12

8A giftH7810 is as a preciousH2580 stoneH68 in the eyesH5869 of him that hathH1167 it: whithersoever it turnethH6437, it prosperethH7919.3

9He that coverethH3680 a transgressionH6588 seekethH1245 loveH160; but he that repeatethH8138 a matterH1697 separatethH6504 very friendsH441.4

10A reproofH1606 enterethH5181 more into a wise manH995 than an hundredH3967 stripesH5221 into a foolH3684.5

11An evilH7451 man seekethH1245 only rebellionH4805: therefore a cruelH394 messengerH4397 shall be sentH7971 against him.

12Let a bearH1677 robbedH7909 of her whelps meetH6298 a manH376, rather thanH408 a foolH3684 in his follyH200.

13Whoso rewardethH7725 evilH7451 for goodH2896, evilH7451 shall not departH4185 from his houseH1004.

14The beginningH7225 of strifeH4066 is as when one letteth outH6362 waterH4325: therefore leave offH5203 contentionH7379, beforeH6440 it be meddledH1566 with.

15He that justifiethH6663 the wickedH7563, and he that condemnethH7561 the justH6662, even they bothH8147 are abominationH8441 to YhwhH3068.

16Wherefore is there a priceH4242 in the handH3027 of a foolH3684 to getH7069 wisdomH2451, seeing he hath no heartH3820 to it?

17A friendH7453 lovethH157 at all timesH6256, and a brotherH251 is bornH3205 for adversityH6869.

18A manH120 voidH2638 of understandingH3820 strikethH8628 handsH3709, and becomethH6148 suretyH6161 in the presenceH6440 of his friendH7453.6

19He lovethH157 transgressionH6588 that lovethH157 strifeH4683: and he that exaltethH1361 his gateH6607 seekethH1245 destructionH7667.

20He that hath a perverseH6141 heartH3820 findethH4672 no goodH2896: and he that hath a perverseH2015 tongueH3956 fallethH5307 into mischiefH7451.7

21He that begettethH3205 a foolH3684 doeth it to his sorrowH8424: and the fatherH1 of a foolH5036 hath no joyH8055.