Proverbs 17:7-21

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

11An evilH7451manseekethH1245 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.

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

14The beginningH7225 of strifeH4066 is as when one letteth outH6362 waterH4325: therefore withdraw fromH5203 contentionH7379, beforeH6440 it be meddledH1566 with.

15He that justifiethH6663 the wickedH7563, and he that condemnethH7561 the justH6662, even they bothH8147 are abominationH8441 to the LORDH3068.

16Why 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.