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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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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...

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...

NET Notes: Pro 17:10 The form is the Hiphil infinitive of נָכָה (nakhah) with the comparative מִן, min. The word “foo...

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...

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...

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.

NET Notes: Pro 17:14 The temporal clause is formed with the prepositional “before,” the infinitive construct, and the following subjective genitive. The verb &...

NET Notes: Pro 17:15 Heb “an abomination of the Lord.”

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...

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...

NET Notes: Pro 17:18 It is foolish to pledge security for someone’s loans (e.g., Prov 6:1-5).

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...

NET Notes: Pro 17:20 Heb “tongue”; NIV “whose tongue is deceitful.”

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 ...

NET Notes: Pro 17:22 The “bones” figuratively represent the whole body encased in a boney framework (metonymy of subject). “Fat bones” in scripture...

NET Notes: Pro 17:23 The form לְהַטּוֹת (lÿhattot) is the Hiphil infinitive construct of נָט&#...

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...

NET Notes: Pro 17:25 The proverb is similar to v. 21, 10:1, and 15:20.

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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