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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Proverbs 17

Chapter 17

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

a dry

15:17 Psalms 37:16

an house

7:14

sacrifices

or, good cheer. with.

21:9,19

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

wise

11:29 14:35 Genesis 24:4-67 Ecclesiastes 4:13

that

10:5 19:26 29:15

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

27:21 Psalms 26:2 66:10 Isaiah 48:10 Jeremiah 17:10 Zechariah 13:9 Malachi 3:2,3 1 Peter 1:7 Revelation 2:23

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

28:4 1 Samuel 22:7-11 1 Kings 22:6-28 Isaiah 30:10 Jeremiah 5:31 2 Timothy 4:3,4 1 John 4:5 Revelation 13:3-8

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

mocketh

14:21,31 Psalms 69:9 1 John 3:17

and

24:17,18 Job 31:29 Jeremiah 17:16 Obadiah 1:11-13,16 Romans 12:15

unpunished

Heb. held innocent.

16:5 *marg:

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Children's

Genesis 50:23 Job 42:16,17 Psalms 127:3-5 128:3-6

and the

Exodus 3:14,15 1 Kings 11:12 15:4

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Excellent speech

Heb. A lip of excellency.

26:7 Psalms 50:16,17 Matthew 7:5

much

16:10-13 29:12 2 Samuel 23:3 Job 34:12 Psalms 101:3-5

lying lips

Heb. a lip of lying.

12:19

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

gift

23 Psalms 18:16 19:6 21:13 29:4 Exodus 23:8 Deuteronomy 16:19

precious stone

Heb. stone of grace. whithersoever.

Genesis 33:9-11 43:11 1 Samuel 25:35 2 Samuel 16:1-4 Micah 7:3

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

that covereth

10:12 Psalms 32:1 1 Peter 4:8

seeketh

or, procureth. but.

16:28

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

9:8,9 13:1 15:5 19:25 27:22 29:19 Psalms 141:5 Revelation 3:19

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

2 Samuel 15:12 16:5-9 18:15,19 20:1,22 1 Kings 2:24,25,31,46 Matthew 21:41 Matthew 22:7 Luke 19:27

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

a bear

28:15 2 Samuel 17:8 2 Kings 2:24 Hosea 13:8

rather

27:3 Matthew 2:16

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

1 Samuel 24:17 31:2,3 2 Samuel 21:1-14 Psalms 35:12 38:20 55:12-15 109:4-13 Jeremiah 18:20,21 Matthew 27:5,25 Romans 12:17 1 Thessalonians 5:15 1 Peter 3:9

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

beginning

19 26:21 29:22 Judges 12:1-6 2 Samuel 2:14-17 19:41-43 20:1-22 2 Chronicles 10:14-16 13:17 25:17-24 28:6

leave

13:10 14:29 15:1 16:32 19:11 20:3 25:8 Genesis 13:8,9 Judges 8:1-3 Ecclesiastes 7:8,9 Matthew 5:39-41 Acts 6:1-5 15:2-21 Romans 12:18 1 Thessalonians 4:11 2 Timothy 2:23,24 James 3:14-18

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

that justifieth

24:23,24 Exodus 23:7 1 Kings 21:13 Isaiah 5:23 55:8,9 Ezekiel 22:27-29 Amos 5:7,12 6:12 Luke 23:18-25 Romans 4:5 James 5:6

abomination

6:16 11:1 15:8

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

a price

1:22,23 8:4,5 9:4-6 Isaiah 55:1-3 Acts 13:46 2 Corinthians 6:1

seeing

14:6 18:15 21:25,26 Deuteronomy 5:29 Psalms 81:11-13 Hosea 4:11 John 3:20 Acts 28:26,27

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

18:24 19:7 Ruth 1:16 1 Samuel 18:3 19:2 20:17 23:16 2 Samuel 1:26 9:1-13 Esther 4:14 John 15:13,14 Hebrews 2:11

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

void

6:1-5 11:15 20:16 22:16,27

understanding

Heb. heart.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

loveth

14 29:9,22 2 Corinthians 12:20 James 1:20 3:14-16

he that

16:18 18:12 24:27 1 Samuel 25:36-38 2 Samuel 15:1 1 Kings 1:5 Jeremiah 22:13-15 Daniel 4:20,21

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

He that hath a froward heart

Heb. The froward of heart.

3:32 6:12-15 8:13 Psalms 18:26

and he

10:10,14,31 18:6,7 Ecclesiastes 10:12 James 3:6-8

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

that

25 10:1 15:20 19:13 Genesis 26:34 1 Samuel 2:32-35 8:3 2 Samuel 18:33

hath

23:15,16 2 Corinthians 2:3 Philemon 1:19,20 3 John 1:4

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

merry

12:25 15:13 18:14 Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 Romans 5:2-5

like a medicine

Heb. to a medicine. a broken.

Psalms 22:15 32:3,4 102:3-5 2 Corinthians 2:7 7:10

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

8 18:16 21:14 Exodus 23:8 Deuteronomy 16:19 1 Samuel 8:3 12:3 Isaiah 1:23 Ezekiel 22:12 Micah 7:3 Mark 14:10,11

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

before

14:6 15:14 Ecclesiastes 2:14 8:1 John 7:17

the eyes

23:5 Psalms 119:37 Ecclesiastes 6:9 1 John 2:16

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

10:1 15:20 19:13 2 Samuel 13:1-22 Ecclesiastes 2:18,19

Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

to punish

15 18:5 Genesis 18:25

to strike

2 Samuel 3:23-25,39 16:7,8 19:7 Job 34:18,19 Micah 5:1 John 18:22

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

spareth

10:19 15:28 James 1:19 3:2

an excellent spirit

or, a cool spirit.

16:32 Ecclesiastes 9:17 James 3:18

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

15:2 Job 13:5 Ecclesiastes 5:3 10:3,14