Plain and Simple

Proverbs Chapter 17 consists of 28 verses,

verses 1-15 are listed below:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reference Scriptures:

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;-Proverbs 1:1

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.-Matthew 1:1...And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;-Matthew 1:6...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16

                                        

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