Proverbs 17
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Proverbs 17:7-10

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

8A bribeH7810is as a preciousH2580 stoneH68 in the eyesH5869 of him that hathH1167 it: wherever 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

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Notes

  1. 1. Proverbs 17:7 Excellent...: Heb. A lip of excellency ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 17:7 lying...: Heb. a lip of lying ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 17:8 a precious...: Heb. a stone of grace ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 17:9 seeketh: or, procureth ↩
  5. 5. Proverbs 17:10 entereth...: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times ↩

Commentaries on Proverbs 17

Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain