The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Proverbs 17:4 (NKJV)
An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 17:5 (NKJV)

He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 17:6 (NKJV)

Children’s children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their father.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 17:7 (NKJV)

Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, Much less lying lips to a prince.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 17:8 (NKJV)

A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor; Wherever he turns, he prospers.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 17:9 (NKJV)

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 17:10 (NKJV)

Rebuke is more effective for a wise man than a hundred blows on a fool.

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

Pro 17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

Pro 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

Pro 17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

Pro 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

 

[GandalfTheWhite]

Pro 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

 

[Chester]

Proverbs 17:16: KJV Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

 

[Chester]

Proverbs 17:17 KJV A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 17:18 (KJV)

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

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 17:19 (KJV)

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

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 17:20 (ESV)

A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 17:21 (ESV)

He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Proverbs 17:22 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
A merry heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth the bones.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 17:23 (ESV)

The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.