These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Proverbs 17
Tanakh 28 verses
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Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
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A that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that dealeth shamefully, And shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
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- 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But trieth the hearts.
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A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
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- 5 Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker; And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
- 6 Children’s children are the of old men; And the of children are their fathers.
- 7 Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; Much less do lying lips a prince.
- 8 A is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; Whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth.
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He that covereth a transgression seeketh ; But he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend.
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A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
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- 11 A rebellious man seeketh only evil; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
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- 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
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The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; Therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.
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Proverbs 20:3 Proverbs 25:8 1 Thessalonians 4:11 James 3:14-18 Acts 15:2-21 Proverbs 19:11 Proverbs 13:10 Acts 6:1-5 Proverbs 15:1 Proverbs 16:32 Judges 8:1-3 Genesis 13:8-9 2 Chronicles 25:17-24 2 Chronicles 13:17 Proverbs 26:21 Proverbs 14:29 Romans 12:18 Judges 12:1-6 Proverbs 29:22 2 Samuel 19:41 2 Chronicles 10:14-16 2 Samuel 2:14-17 Matthew 5:39-41 Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 2 Timothy 2:23-24 Proverbs 17:19 2 Chronicles 28:6 - 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Even they both are an abomination to .
- 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool To buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?
- 17 A friend loveth at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
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A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.
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- 19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife; He that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
- 20 He that hath a froward findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.
- 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a churl hath no joy.
- 22 A merry is a good medicine; But a broken drieth the bones.
- 23 A wicked man taketh a out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
- 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
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A foolish son is vexation to his father, And bitterness to her that bore him.
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- 26 To punish also the righteous is not good, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
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He that spareth his words hath knowledge; And he that husbandeth his is a man of discernment.
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Even a fool, when he holdeth his , is counted wise; And he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding.
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