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Text -- Proverbs 17:26-28 (NET)

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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 17:26 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...

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...

NET Notes: Pro 17:28 The Niphal participle is used in the declarative/estimative sense with stative verbs: “to be discerning” (Qal) becomes “to be declar...

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