Chapter 17
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
a dry
an house
sacrifices
or, good cheer. with.
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
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.
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
seeketh
or, procureth. but.
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
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
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
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
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
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.