Proverbs Chapter 17 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Better <H2896> [is] a dry <H2720> morsel, <H6595> and quietness <H7962> therewith, than an house <H1004> full <H4392> of sacrifices <H2077> [with] strife. <H7379>
2: A wise <H7919> servant <H5650> shall have rule <H4910> over a son <H1121> that causeth shame, <H0954> and shall have part <H2505> of the inheritance <H5159> among <H8432> the brethren. <H0251>
3: The fining pot <H4715> [is] for silver, <H3701> and the furnace <H3564> for gold: <H2091> but the LORD <H3068> trieth <H0974> the hearts. <H3826>
4: A wicked doer <H7489> giveth heed <H7181> to false <H0205> lips; <H8193> [and] a liar <H8267> giveth ear <H0238> to a naughty <H1942> tongue. <H3956>
5: Whoso mocketh <H3932> the poor <H7326> reproacheth <H2778> his Maker: <H6213> [and] he that is glad <H8056> at calamities <H0343> shall not be unpunished. <H5352>
6: Children's <H1121> children <H1121> [are] the crown <H5850> of old men; <H2205> and the glory <H8597> of children <H1121> [are] their fathers. <H0001>
7: Excellent <H3499> speech <H8193> becometh <H5000> not a fool: <H5036> much less do lying <H8267> lips <H8193> a prince. <H5081>
8: A gift <H7810> [is as] a precious <H2580> stone <H0068> in the eyes <H5869> of him that hath <H1167> it: whithersoever it turneth, <H6437> it prospereth. <H7919>
9: He that covereth <H3680> a transgression <H6588> seeketh <H1245> love; <H0160> but he that repeateth <H8138> a matter <H1697> separateth <H6504> [very] friends. <H0441>
10: A reproof <H1606> entereth <H5181> more into a wise man <H0995> than an hundred <H3967> stripes <H5221> into a fool. <H3684>
11: An evil <H7451> [man] seeketh <H1245> only rebellion: <H4805> therefore a cruel <H0394> messenger <H4397> shall be sent <H7971> against him.
12: Let a bear <H1677> robbed <H7909> of her whelps meet <H6298> a man, <H0376> rather than <H0408> a fool <H3684> in his folly. <H0200>
13: Whoso rewardeth <H7725> evil <H7451> for good, <H2896> evil <H7451> shall not depart <H4185> from his house. <H1004>
14: The beginning <H7225> of strife <H4066> [is as] when one letteth out <H6362> water: <H4325> therefore leave off <H5203> contention, <H7379> before <H6440> it be meddled <H1566> with.
15: He that justifieth <H6663> the wicked, <H7563> and he that condemneth <H7561> the just, <H6662> even they both <H8147> [are] abomination <H8441> to the LORD. <H3068>
16: Wherefore [is there] a price <H4242> in the hand <H3027> of a fool <H3684> to get <H7069> wisdom, <H2451> seeing [he hath] no heart <H3820> [to it]?
17: A friend <H7453> loveth <H0157> at all times, <H6256> and a brother <H0251> is born <H3205> for adversity. <H6869>
18: A man <H0120> void <H2638> of understanding <H3820> striketh <H8628> hands, <H3709> [and] becometh <H6148> surety <H6161> in the presence <H6440> of his friend. <H7453>
19: He loveth <H0157> transgression <H6588> that loveth <H0157> strife: <H4683> [and] he that exalteth <H1361> his gate <H6607> seeketh <H1245> destruction. <H7667>
20: He that hath a froward <H6141> heart <H3820> findeth <H4672> no good: <H2896> and he that hath a perverse <H2015> tongue <H3956> falleth <H5307> into mischief. <H7451>
21: He that begetteth <H3205> a fool <H3684> [doeth it] to his sorrow: <H8424> and the father <H0001> of a fool <H5036> hath no joy. <H8055>
22: A merry <H8056> heart <H3820> doeth good <H3190> [like] a medicine: <H1456> but a broken <H5218> spirit <H7307> drieth <H3001> the bones. <H1634>
23: A wicked <H7563> [man] taketh <H3947> a gift <H7810> out of the bosom <H2436> to pervert <H5186> the ways <H0734> of judgment. <H4941>
24: Wisdom <H2451> [is] before <H6440> him that hath understanding; <H0995> but the eyes <H5869> of a fool <H3684> [are] in the ends <H7097> of the earth. <H0776>
25: A foolish <H3684> son <H1121> [is] a grief <H3708> to his father, <H0001> and bitterness <H4470> to her that bare <H3205> him.
26: Also to punish <H6064> the just <H6662> [is] not good, <H2896> [nor] to strike <H5221> princes <H5081> for equity. <H3476>
27: He that hath <H3045> knowledge <H1847> spareth <H2820> his words: <H0561> [and] a man <H0376> of understanding <H8394> is of an excellent <H3368> <H7119> spirit. <H7307>
28: Even a fool, <H0191> when he holdeth his peace, <H2790> is counted <H2803> wise: <H2450> [and] he that shutteth <H0331> his lips <H8193> [is esteemed] a man of understanding. <H0995>