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Proverbs 17 – King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better H2896 is a H6595➔ dry H2720 morsel, ➔H6595 and quietness H7962 therewith, than an house H1004 full H4392 of sacrifices H2077 with strife. H7379

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A H5650➔ wise H7919 servant ➔H5650 shall have rule H4910 over a son H1121 that causeth shame, H954 and H8432➔ shall have part H2505 of the inheritance H5159 among ➔H8432 the brethren. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - The fining pot H4715 is for silver, H3701 and the furnace H3564 for gold: H2091 but H974➔ the LORD H3068 trieth ➔H974 the hearts. H3826

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - A wicked doer H7489 giveth heed H7181 to H5921 false H205 lips; H8193 and a liar H8267 giveth ear H238 to H5921 a H3956➔ naughty H1942 tongue. ➔H3956

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Whoso mocketh H3932 the poor H7326 reproacheth H2778 his Maker: H6213 and he that is glad H8056 at calamities H343 shall H5352➔ not H3808 be unpunished. ➔H5352

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:6 - Children's H1121 children H1121 are the crown H5850 of old men; H2205 and the glory H8597 of children H1121 are their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - Excellent H3499 speech H8193 becometh H5000 not H3808 a fool: H5036 much less H637 H3588 do H5081➔ lying H8267 lips H8193 a prince. ➔H5081

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A gift H7810 is as a H68➔ precious H2580 stone ➔H68 in the eyes H5869 of him that hath it: H1167 whithersoever H413 H3605 H834 it turneth, H6437 it prospereth. H7919

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - He that covereth H3680 a transgression H6588 seeketh H1245 love; H160 but he that repeateth H8138 a matter H1697 separateth H6504 very friends. H441

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:10 - A reproof H1606 entereth H5181 more into a wise man H995 than H5221➔ an hundred H3967 stripes ➔H5221 into a fool. H3684

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:11 - An evil H7451 man seeketh H1245 only H389 rebellion: H4805 therefore a H4397➔ cruel H394 messenger ➔H4397 shall be sent H7971 against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12 - Let H6298➔ a bear H1677 robbed of her whelps H7909 meet ➔H6298 a man, H376 rather than H408 a fool H3684 in his folly. H200

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:13 - Whoso rewardeth H7725 evil H7451 for H8478 good, H2896 evil H7451 shall H4185➔ not H3808 depart ➔H4185 from his house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The beginning H7225 of strife H4066 is as when one letteth out H6362 water: H4325 therefore H6440➔ leave off H5203 contention, H7379 before ➔H6440 it be meddled with. H1566

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:15 - He that justifieth H6663 the wicked, H7563 and he that condemneth H7561 the just, H6662 even H1571 they both H8147 are abomination H8441 to the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:16 - Wherefore H4100 is there H2088 a price H4242 in the hand H3027 of a fool H3684 to get H7069 wisdom, H2451 seeing H3820➔ he hath no H369 heart ➔H3820 to it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend H7453 loveth H157 at all H3605 times, H6256 and a brother H251 is born H3205 for adversity. H6869

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - A man H120 void H2638 of understanding H3820 striketh H8628 hands, H3709 and becometh H6148 surety H6161 in the presence H6440 of his friend. H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - He loveth H157 transgression H6588 that loveth H157 strife: H4683 and he that exalteth H1361 his gate H6607 seeketh H1245 destruction. H7667

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:20 - He that hath a froward H6141 heart H3820 findeth H4672 no H3808 good: H2896 and he that hath a perverse H2015 tongue H3956 falleth H5307 into mischief. H7451

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - He that begetteth H3205 a fool H3684 doeth it to H8424➔ his sorrow: ➔H8424 and H3808➔ the father H1 of a fool H5036 hath H8055➔ no ➔H3808 joy. ➔H8055

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:22 - A H3820➔ merry H8056 heart ➔H3820 doeth good H3190 like a medicine: H1456 but a H7307➔ broken H5218 spirit ➔H7307 drieth H3001 the bones. H1634

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - A wicked H7563 man taketh H3947 a gift H7810 out of the bosom H2436 to pervert H5186 the ways H734 of judgment. H4941

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24 - Wisdom H2451 is before H6440 him that hath understanding; H995 but the eyes H5869 of a fool H3684 are in the ends H7097 of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:25 - A H1121➔ foolish H3684 son ➔H1121 is a grief H3708 to his father, H1 and bitterness H4470 to her that bare him. H3205

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:26 - Also H1571 to punish H6064 the just H6662 is not H3808 good, H2896 nor to strike H5221 princes H5081 for H5921 equity. H3476

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:27 - He that hath H3045 knowledge H1847 spareth H2820 his words: H561 and a man H376 of understanding H8394 is of an excellent H3368 spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even H1571 a fool, H191 when he holdeth his peace, H2790 is counted H2803 wise: H2450 and he that shutteth H331 his lips H8193 is esteemed a man of understanding. H995
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Proverbs Chapter 17 — Additional Translations:

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