Contrast the Upright and the Wicked
17:1 A dry piece of bread and peace with it [is] betterטוֹב
Transliteration: ṭôḇ Pronunciation: tobe – good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):—beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair, (be in) favor, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -lie, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, like (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, please, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favored). For more info click here than an house full of contentious celebrations.
17:2 An intelligent servant will rule over a shameful son, and will share the inheritance among the brothers.
17:3 The refining pot [tests] silver, and the smelting furnace [tests] gold: but YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here tests hearts.
17:4 An evildoerמֵרַע
Transliteration: mēraʿ – From רָעַע râʻaʻ, raw-ah’; a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally):—afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly to do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse – For more info click here listens to wicked lips; and a liar pays attention to to destructive talk.
17:5 Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker: and whoever rejoices at calamities won’t be unpunished.
17:6 Grandchildren [are] the crown of the aged; and the glory of children [are] their parents.
17:7 Excessive speech isn’t becoming of a fool: much less do lying lips in a leader.
17:8 To its giver, a bribe is like a charming stone: where ever it turns, it prospers.
17:9 He who conceals an offense seeks love; but he who repeats a matter alienates friends.
17:10 A reprimand penetrates an understanding man than one hundred stripes to a fool.
17:11 An evilרָע
Transliteration: rāʿ – In the KJV is translated in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), ill favored (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x) For more info click here [person] seeks only rebellion: So a cruel messengerוּמַלְאָךְ
Transliteration: ûmal’āḵ angel, agent, messenger, ambassador or representative. For more info click here will be sent against him.
17:12 Better a manבְּאִישׁ
Transliteration: bᵊ’îš man, human being
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy For more info click here meet a bear robbed of her cubs, than by a fool in his foolishness.
17:13 Whoever returns evilלָרָעָה
Transliteration: lārāʿâ – In the KJV is translated in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), ill favored (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x) For more info click here for goodטוֹבָה
Transliteration: ṭôḇâ – Hebrew Adjective: Adjective Feminine Singular Absolute – good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):—beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair, (be in) favor, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -lie, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, like (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, please, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favored). For more info click here, evilרָעָה
Transliteration: rāʿâ -Hebrew Noun: Common Feminine Singular Absolute – In the KJV is translated in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), ill favored (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x) For more info click here won’t leave from his house.
17:14 The beginning of an argument is like when someone lets water out: So before it breaks out, quit the dispute.
17:15 He who justifies the wickedרָשָׁע
Transliteration: rāšāʿ – morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person:— condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong – For more info click here, and he who condemns the righteousצַדִּיק
Transliteration ṣadîq Pronunciation tsad-deek’ To do what is right Tzadik is also the root of the word tzedakah (‘charity’, literally ‘righteousness’). Just, justice, rightness just:—just, lawful, righteous (man), righteousness – For more info click here, even they both are abomination to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here.
17:16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing as he hasn’t the heart to learn?
17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17:18 A man who lacks [an understanding] will give his handshake to be a cosigner for his friend.
17:19 He who loves rebellion loves conflict: [and] he who makes his gate tall seeks destruction.
17:20 He that has a crooked heart won’t find goodטוֹב
Transliteration: ṭôḇ Pronunciation: tobe – good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):—beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair, (be in) favor, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -lie, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, like (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, please, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favored). For more info click here: and he who has a perverse tongue falls into evilרַע
Transliteration: raʿ – In the KJV is translated in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), ill favored (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x) For more info click here.
17:21 He that fathers a fool has does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool won’t rejoice.
17:22 A joyful heart is like good medicine: but a broken spiritוְרוּחַ
Transliteration: vᵊrûaḥ – but a | spirit – Meaning: the wind, the breath, the mind, the spirit For more info click here dries up the bone.
17:23 An evildoerרָשָׁע
Transliteration: rāšāʿ – morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person:— condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong – For more info click here takes a bribe from the lap to bend the paths of judgmentמִשְׁפָּט
Transliteration: mišpāṭ – properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant’s) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant’s right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:— adversary, ceremony, charge custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence. For more info click here.
17:24 Wisdom [lies] before him who has understanding; but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
17:26 Also to punish righteousלַצַּדִּיק
Transliteration laṣṣadîq – To do what is right Tzadik is also the root of the word tzedakah (‘charity’, literally ‘righteousness’). Just, justice, rightness just:—just, lawful, righteous (man), righteousness – For more info click here isn’t goodטוֹב
Transliteration: ṭôḇ Pronunciation: tobe – good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):—beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair, (be in) favor, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -lie, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, like (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, please, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favored). For more info click here, or to strike the generous for their integrity.
17:27 He who spares his words has knowledge: and a manאִישׁ
Transliteration: ‘îš Pronunciation: eesh man, human being
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy For more info click here of intelligence is a precious spiritרוּחַ
Transliteration: rûaḥ – Meaning: the wind, the breath, the mind, the spirit For more info click here.
17:28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is considered wise: and he that seals his lips [will be considered] a man of understanding.
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