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Proverbs 15:20--17:20

15:20

A wise
<02450>

son
<01121>

maketh a glad
<08055> (8762)

father
<01>_:

but a foolish
<03684>

man
<0120>

despiseth
<0959> (8802)

his mother
<0517>_.

15:21

Folly
<0200>

[is] joy
<08057>

to [him that is] destitute
<02638>

of wisdom
<03820>_:

but a man
<0376>

of understanding
<08394>

walketh
<03212> (8800)

uprightly
<03474> (8762)_.

{destitute...: Heb. void of heart}

15:22

Without counsel
<05475>

purposes
<04284>

are disappointed
<06565> (8687)_:

but in the multitude
<07230>

of counsellors
<03289> (8802)

they are established
<06965> (8799)_.

15:23

A man
<0376>

hath joy
<08057>

by the answer
<04617>

of his mouth
<06310>_:

and a word
<01697>

[spoken] in due season
<06256>_,

how good
<02896>

[is it]! {due...: Heb. his season}

15:24

The way
<0734>

of life
<02416>

[is] above
<04605>

to the wise
<07919> (8688)_,

that he may depart
<05493> (8800)

from hell
<07585>

beneath
<04295>_.

15:25

The LORD
<03068>

will destroy
<05255> (8799)

the house
<01004>

of the proud
<01343>_:

but he will establish
<05324> (8686)

the border
<01366>

of the widow
<0490>_.

15:26

The thoughts
<04284>

of the wicked
<07451>

[are] an abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

but [the words] of the pure
<02889>

[are] pleasant
<05278>

words
<0561>_.

{pleasant...: Heb. words of pleasantness}

15:27

He that is greedy
<01214> (8802)

of gain
<01215>

troubleth
<05916> (8802)

his own house
<01004>_;

but he that hateth
<08130> (8802)

gifts
<04979>

shall live
<02421> (8799)_.

15:28

The heart
<03820>

of the righteous
<06662>

studieth
<01897> (8799)

to answer
<06030> (8800)_:

but the mouth
<06310>

of the wicked
<07563>

poureth
<05042> (8686)

out evil things
<07451>_.

15:29

The LORD
<03068>

[is] far
<07350>

from the wicked
<07563>_:

but he heareth
<08085> (8799)

the prayer
<08605>

of the righteous
<06662>_.

15:30

The light
<03974>

of the eyes
<05869>

rejoiceth
<08055> (8762)

the heart
<03820>_:

[and] a good
<02896>

report
<08052>

maketh
<01878> (0)

the bones
<06106>

fat
<01878> (8762)_.

15:31

The ear
<0241>

that heareth
<08085> (8802)

the reproof
<08433>

of life
<02416>

abideth
<03885> (8799)

among
<07130>

the wise
<02450>_.

15:32

He that refuseth
<06544> (8802)

instruction
<04148>

despiseth
<03988> (8802)

his own soul
<05315>_:

but he that heareth
<08085> (8802)

reproof
<08433>

getteth
<07069> (8802)

understanding
<03820>_.

{instruction: or, correction} {heareth: or, obeyeth} {getteth...: Heb. possesseth an heart}

15:33

The fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] the instruction
<04148>

of wisdom
<02451>_;

and before
<06440>

honour
<03519>

[is] humility
<06038>_.

16:1

The preparations
<04633>

of the heart
<03820>

in man
<0120>_,

and the answer
<04617>

of the tongue
<03956>_,

[is] from the LORD
<03068>_.

{preparations: or, disposings}

16:2

All the ways
<01870>

of a man
<0376>

[are] clean
<02134>

in his own eyes
<05869>_;

but the LORD
<03068>

weigheth
<08505> (8802)

the spirits
<07307>_.

16:3

Commit
<01556> (8798)

thy works
<04639>

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and thy thoughts
<04284>

shall be established
<03559> (8735)_.

{Commit: Heb. Roll}

16:4

The LORD
<03068>

hath made
<06466> (8804)

all [things] for himself
<04617>_:

yea, even the wicked
<07563>

for the day
<03117>

of evil
<07451>_.

16:5

Every one [that is] proud
<01362>

in heart
<03820>

[is] an abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

[though] hand
<03027>

[join] in hand
<03027>_,

he shall not be unpunished
<05352> (8735)_.

{unpunished: Heb. held innocent}

16:6

By mercy
<02617>

and truth
<0571>

iniquity
<05771>

is purged
<03722> (8792)_:

and by the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[men] depart
<05493> (8800)

from evil
<07451>_.

16:7

When a man's
<0376>

ways
<01870>

please
<07521> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>_,

he maketh even his enemies
<0341> (8802)

to be at peace
<07999> (8686)

with him.

16:8

Better
<02896>

[is] a little
<04592>

with righteousness
<06666>

than great
<07230>

revenues
<08393>

without right
<04941>_.

16:9

A man's
<0120>

heart
<03820>

deviseth
<02803> (8762)

his way
<01870>_:

but the LORD
<03068>

directeth
<03559> (8686)

his steps
<06806>_.

16:10

A divine sentence
<07081>

[is] in the lips
<08193>

of the king
<04428>_:

his mouth
<06310>

transgresseth
<04603> (8799)

not in judgment
<04941>_.

{A divine...: Heb. Divination}

16:11

A just
<04941>

weight
<06425>

and balance
<03976>

[are] the LORD'S
<03068>_:

all the weights
<068>

of the bag
<03599>

[are] his work
<04639>_.

{the weights: Heb. the stones}

16:12

[It is] an abomination
<08441>

to kings
<04428>

to commit
<06213> (8800)

wickedness
<07562>_:

for the throne
<03678>

is established
<03559> (8735)

by righteousness
<06666>_.

16:13

Righteous
<06664>

lips
<08193>

[are] the delight
<07522>

of kings
<04428>_;

and they love
<0157> (8799)

him that speaketh
<01696> (8802)

right
<03477>_.

16:14

The wrath
<02534>

of a king
<04428>

[is as] messengers
<04397>

of death
<04194>_:

but a wise
<02450>

man
<0376>

will pacify
<03722> (8762)

it.

16:15

In the light
<0216>

of the king's
<04428>

countenance
<06440>

[is] life
<02416>_;

and his favour
<07522>

[is] as a cloud
<05645>

of the latter rain
<04456>_.

16:16

How much better
<02896>

[is it] to get
<07069> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>

than gold
<02742>_!

and to get
<07069> (8800)

understanding
<0998>

rather to be chosen
<0977> (8737)

than silver
<03701>_!

16:17

The highway
<04546>

of the upright
<03477>

[is] to depart
<05493> (8800)

from evil
<07451>_:

he that keepeth
<05341> (8802)

his way
<01870>

preserveth
<08104> (8802)

his soul
<05315>_.

16:18

Pride
<01347>

[goeth] before
<06440>

destruction
<07667>_,

and an haughty
<01363>

spirit
<07307>

before
<06440>

a fall
<03783>_.

16:19

Better
<02896>

[it is to be] of an humble
<08217>

spirit
<07307>

with the lowly
<06035> (8675) <06041>_,

than to divide
<02505> (8763)

the spoil
<07998>

with the proud
<01343>_.

16:20

He that handleth a matter
<01697>

wisely
<07919> (8688)

shall find
<04672> (8799)

good
<02896>_:

and whoso trusteth
<0982> (8802)

in the LORD
<03068>_,

happy
<0835>

[is] he. {handleth...: or, understandeth a matter}

16:21

The wise
<02450>

in heart
<03820>

shall be called
<07121> (8735)

prudent
<0995> (8737)_:

and the sweetness
<04986>

of the lips
<08193>

increaseth
<03254> (8686)

learning
<03948>_.

16:22

Understanding
<07922>

[is] a wellspring
<04726>

of life
<02416>

unto him that hath
<01167>

it: but the instruction
<04148>

of fools
<0191>

[is] folly
<0200>_.

16:23

The heart
<03820>

of the wise
<02450>

teacheth
<07919> (8686)

his mouth
<06310>_,

and addeth
<03254> (8686)

learning
<03948>

to his lips
<08193>_.

{teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}

16:24

Pleasant
<05278>

words
<0561>

[are as] an honeycomb
<06688> <01706>_,

sweet
<04966>

to the soul
<05315>_,

and health
<04832>

to the bones
<06106>_.

16:25

There is
<03426>

a way
<01870>

that seemeth right
<03477>

unto
<06440>

a man
<0376>_,

but the end
<0319>

thereof [are] the ways
<01870>

of death
<04194>_.

16:26

He
<05315>

that laboureth
<06001>

laboureth
<05998> (8804)

for himself; for his mouth
<06310>

craveth
<0404> (8804)

it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}

16:27

An ungodly
<01100>

man
<0376>

diggeth up
<03738> (8802)

evil
<07451>_:

and in his lips
<08193>

[there is] as a burning
<06867>

fire
<0784>_.

{An...: Heb. A man of Belial}

16:28

A froward
<08419>

man
<0376>

soweth
<07971> (8762)

strife
<04066>_:

and a whisperer
<05372>

separateth
<06504> (8688)

chief friends
<0441>_.

{soweth: Heb. sendeth forth}

16:29

A violent
<02555>

man
<0376>

enticeth
<06601> (8762)

his neighbour
<07453>_,

and leadeth
<03212> (8689)

him into the way
<01870>

[that is] not good
<02896>_.

16:30

He shutteth
<06095> (8802)

his eyes
<05869>

to devise
<02803> (8800)

froward things
<08419>_:

moving
<07169> (8802)

his lips
<08193>

he bringeth
<03615> (0)

evil
<07451>

to pass
<03615> (8765)_.

16:31

The hoary head
<07872>

[is] a crown
<05850>

of glory
<08597>_,

[if] it be found
<04672> (8735)

in the way
<01870>

of righteousness
<06666>_.

16:32

[He that is] slow
<0750>

to anger
<0639>

[is] better
<02896>

than the mighty
<01368>_;

and he that ruleth
<04910> (8802)

his spirit
<07307>

than he that taketh
<03920> (8802)

a city
<05892>_.

16:33

The lot
<01486>

is cast
<02904> (8714)

into the lap
<02436>_;

but the whole disposing
<04941>

thereof [is] of the LORD
<03068>_.

17:1

Better
<02896>

[is] a dry
<02720>

morsel
<06595>_,

and quietness
<07962>

therewith, than an house
<01004>

full
<04392>

of sacrifices
<02077>

[with] strife
<07379>_.

{sacrifices: or, good cheer}

17:2

A wise
<07919> (8688)

servant
<05650>

shall have rule
<04910> (8799)

over a son
<01121>

that causeth shame
<0954> (8688)_,

and shall have part
<02505> (8799)

of the inheritance
<05159>

among
<08432>

the brethren
<0251>_.

17:3

The fining pot
<04715>

[is] for silver
<03701>_,

and the furnace
<03564>

for gold
<02091>_:

but the LORD
<03068>

trieth
<0974> (8802)

the hearts
<03826>_.

17:4

A wicked doer
<07489> (8688)

giveth heed
<07181> (8688)

to false
<0205>

lips
<08193>_;

[and] a liar
<08267>

giveth ear
<0238> (8688)

to a naughty
<01942>

tongue
<03956>_.

17:5

Whoso mocketh
<03932> (8802)

the poor
<07326> (8802)

reproacheth
<02778> (8765)

his Maker
<06213> (8802)_:

[and] he that is glad
<08056>

at calamities
<0343>

shall not be unpunished
<05352> (8735)_.

{unpunished: Heb. held innocent}

17:6

Children's
<01121>

children
<01121>

[are] the crown
<05850>

of old men
<02205>_;

and the glory
<08597>

of children
<01121>

[are] their fathers
<01>_.

17:7

Excellent
<03499>

speech
<08193>

becometh
<05000>

not a fool
<05036>_:

much less do lying
<08267>

lips
<08193>

a prince
<05081>_.

{Excellent...: Heb. A lip of excellency} {lying...: Heb. a lip of lying}

17:8

A gift
<07810>

[is as] a precious
<02580>

stone
<068>

in the eyes
<05869>

of him that hath
<01167>

it: whithersoever it turneth
<06437> (8799)_,

it prospereth
<07919> (8686)_.

{a precious...: Heb. a stone of grace}

17:9

He that covereth
<03680> (8764)

a transgression
<06588>

seeketh
<01245> (8764)

love
<0160>_;

but he that repeateth
<08138> (8802)

a matter
<01697>

separateth
<06504> (8688)

[very] friends
<0441>_.

{seeketh: or, procureth}

17:10

A reproof
<01606>

entereth
<05181> (8799)

more into a wise man
<0995> (8688)

than an hundred
<03967>

stripes
<05221> (8687)

into a fool
<03684>_.

{entereth...: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times}

17:11

An evil
<07451>

[man] seeketh
<01245> (8762)

only rebellion
<04805>_:

therefore a cruel
<0394>

messenger
<04397>

shall be sent
<07971> (8792)

against him.

17:12

Let a bear
<01677>

robbed
<07909>

of her whelps meet
<06298> (8800)

a man
<0376>_,

rather than
<0408>

a fool
<03684>

in his folly
<0200>_.

17:13

Whoso rewardeth
<07725> (8688)

evil
<07451>

for good
<02896>_,

evil
<07451>

shall not depart
<04185> (8799) (8675) <04185> (8686)

from his house
<01004>_.

17:14

The beginning
<07225>

of strife
<04066>

[is as] when one letteth out
<06362> (8802)

water
<04325>_:

therefore leave off
<05203> (8800)

contention
<07379>_,

before
<06440>

it be meddled
<01566> (8694)

with.

17:15

He that justifieth
<06663> (8688)

the wicked
<07563>_,

and he that condemneth
<07561> (8688)

the just
<06662>_,

even they both
<08147>

[are] abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_.

17:16

Wherefore [is there] a price
<04242>

in the hand
<03027>

of a fool
<03684>

to get
<07069> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>_,

seeing [he hath] no heart
<03820>

[to it]?

17:17

A friend
<07453>

loveth
<0157> (8802)

at all times
<06256>_,

and a brother
<0251>

is born
<03205> (8735)

for adversity
<06869>_.

17:18

A man
<0120>

void
<02638>

of understanding
<03820>

striketh
<08628> (8802)

hands
<03709>_,

[and] becometh
<06148> (8802)

surety
<06161>

in the presence
<06440>

of his friend
<07453>_.

{understanding: Heb. heart}

17:19

He loveth
<0157> (8802)

transgression
<06588>

that loveth
<0157> (8802)

strife
<04683>_:

[and] he that exalteth
<01361> (8688)

his gate
<06607>

seeketh
<01245> (8764)

destruction
<07667>_.

17:20

He that hath a froward
<06141>

heart
<03820>

findeth
<04672> (8799)

no good
<02896>_:

and he that hath a perverse
<02015> (8738)

tongue
<03956>

falleth
<05307> (8799)

into mischief
<07451>_.

{He that hath a froward...: Heb. The froward of heart}