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Text -- Proverbs 17:17-28 (NET)
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17:17 A friend loves at all times , and a relative is born to help in adversity .
17:18 The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor .
17:19 The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression ; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction .
17:20 The one who has a perverse heart does not find good , and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble .
17:21 Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief , and the father of a fool has no joy .
17:22 A cheerful heart brings good healing , but a crushed spirit dries up the bones .
17:23 A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice .
17:24 Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth .
17:25 A foolish child is a grief to his father , and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
17:26 It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong .
17:27 The truly wise person restrains his words , and the one who stays calm is discerning .
17:28 Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise , and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning .
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NET Notes -> Pro 17:17; Pro 17:17; Pro 17:17; Pro 17:18; Pro 17:18; Pro 17:18; Pro 17:18; Pro 17:19; Pro 17:19; Pro 17:20; Pro 17:20; Pro 17:20; Pro 17:21; Pro 17:21; Pro 17:21; Pro 17:21; Pro 17:22; Pro 17:22; Pro 17:22; Pro 17:22; Pro 17:22; Pro 17:23; Pro 17:23; Pro 17:24; Pro 17:24; Pro 17:24; Pro 17:25; Pro 17:25; Pro 17:25; Pro 17:26; Pro 17:26; Pro 17:26; Pro 17:26; Pro 17:26; Pro 17:27; Pro 17:27; Pro 17:27; Pro 17:28; Pro 17:28
NET Notes: Pro 17:17 Heb “is born for adversity.” This is not referring to sibling rivalry but to the loyalty a brother shows during times of calamity. This is...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:19 Some have taken this second line literally and interpreted it to mean he has built a pretentious house. Probably it is meant to be figurative: The gat...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:21 Parents of fools, who had hoped for children who would be a credit to the family, find only bitter disappointment (cf. TEV “nothing but sadness ...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:22 The “bones” figuratively represent the whole body encased in a boney framework (metonymy of subject). “Fat bones” in scripture...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:24 To say that “the eyes of the fool run to the ends of the earth” means that he has no power to concentrate and cannot focus his attention o...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:26 The two lines could be synonymous parallelism; but the second part is being used to show how wrong the first act would be – punishing the righte...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:27 Heb “cool of spirit.” This genitive of specification describes one who is “calm” (so NCV, TEV, CEV) or “even-tempered...
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