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Text -- Proverbs 17:8-28 (NET)
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17:8 A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds .
17:9 The one who forgives an offense seeks love , but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends .
17:10 A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool .
17:11 An evil person seeks only rebellion , and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
17:12 It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs , than to encounter a fool in his folly .
17:13 As for the one who repays evil for good , evil will not leave his house .
17:14 Starting a quarrel is like letting out water ; stop it before strife breaks out !
17:15 The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent – both of them are an abomination to the Lord .
17:16 Of what use is money in the hand of a fool , since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom ?
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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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
FOOL; FOLLY |
Speaking |
Bear |
Surety |
Love |
Justice |
Medicine |
Bribery |
Rulers |
PROVERBS, BOOK OF |
Children |
LOAN |
Wisdom |
Fool |
Strife |
Friendship |
GIFT |
Evil for Good |
Contentment |
Charitableness |
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NET Notes -> Pro 17:8; Pro 17:8; Pro 17:8; Pro 17:8; Pro 17:8; Pro 17:9; Pro 17:9; Pro 17:9; Pro 17:10; Pro 17:10; Pro 17:11; Pro 17:11; Pro 17:11; Pro 17:12; Pro 17:12; Pro 17:12; Pro 17:12; Pro 17:13; Pro 17:13; Pro 17:13; Pro 17:14; Pro 17:14; Pro 17:14; Pro 17:14; Pro 17:14; Pro 17:15; Pro 17:15; Pro 17:16; Pro 17:16; Pro 17:16; Pro 17:16; 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 17:8 As C. H. Toy points out, the sage is merely affirming a point without making a comment – those who use bribery meet with widespread success (Pro...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:9 W. G. Plaut notes that harping on the past has destroyed many friendships and marriages (Proverbs, 188). W. McKane observes that this line refers to t...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:10 The form is the Hiphil infinitive of נָכָה (nakhah) with the comparative מִן, min. The word “foo...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:11 Those bent on rebellion will meet with retribution. The messenger could very well be a merciless messenger from the king; but the expression could als...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:12 The human, who is supposed to be rational and intelligent, in such folly becomes more dangerous than the beast that in this case acts with good reason...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:13 The proverb does not explain whether God will turn evil back on him directly or whether people will begin to treat him as he treated others.
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NET Notes: Pro 17:14 The temporal clause is formed with the prepositional “before,” the infinitive construct, and the following subjective genitive. The verb &...
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NET Notes: Pro 17:16 W. McKane envisions a situation where the fool comes to a sage with a fee in hand, supposing that he can acquire a career as a sage, and this gives ri...
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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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