1 Better a mouthful of dry bread with peace than a house filled with quarrelsome sacrifices.
2 A shrewd servant comes off better than an unworthy child, he will share the inheritance with the brothers.
3 A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold, but Yahweh for the testing of hearts!
4 An evil-doer pays heed to malicious talk, a liar listens to a slanderous tongue.
5 To mock the poor is to insult the Creator, no one who laughs at distress will go unpunished.
6 The crown of the aged is their children's children; the children's glory is their father.
7 Fine words do not become the foolish, false words become a prince still less.
8 A gift works like a talisman for one who holds it: it brings prosperity at every turn.
9 Whoever covers an offence promotes love, whoever again raises the matter divides friends.
10 A reproof makes more impression on a person of understanding than a hundred strokes on a fool.
11 The wicked person thinks of nothing but rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent to such a one.
12 Rather come on a bear robbed of her cubs than on a fool in his folly.
13 Disaster will never be far from the house of one who returns evil for good.
14 As well unleash a flood as start a dispute; desist before the quarrel breaks out.
15 To absolve the guilty and condemn the upright, both alike are abhorrent to Yahweh.
16 What good is money in the hand of a fool? To buy wisdom with it? The desire is not there.
17 A friend is a friend at all times, it is for adversity that a brother is born.
18 Whoever offers guarantees lacks sense and goes surety for a neighbour.
19 The double-dealer loves sin, the proud courts ruin.
20 The tortuous of heart finds no happiness, the perverse of speech falls into misery.
21 He who fathers a stupid child does so to his sorrow, the father of a fool knows no joy.
22 A glad heart is excellent medicine, a depressed spirit wastes the bones away.
23 Under cover of his cloak a bad man takes a gift to pervert the course of justice.
24 The intelligent has wisdom there before him, but the eyes of a fool range to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish child is a father's sorrow, and the grief of her who gave the child birth.
26 To fine the upright is indeed a crime, to strike the noble is an injustice.
27 Whoever can control the tongue knows what knowledge is, someone of understanding keeps a cool temper.
28 If the fool holds his tongue, he may pass for wise; if he seals his lips, he may pass for intelligent.
Versículos relacionados com Proverbs, 17:
Proverbs 17 addresses various topics related to human relations, such as the importance of being prudent in our words, the negative influence of evil people in our lives, the need to forgive and reconcile with those who offend us, among others. The chapter also highlights the importance of being honest and fair in our actions and being patient and tolerant with those around us.
Ephesians 4:29: "Do not come out of your mouth, but only the good for the necessary edification, that it may be grace to those who hear it." This verse highlights the importance of using our words to build and encourage others instead of uttering obscene or destructive words.
Proverbs 22:24-25: "Do not be interior with the choleric man, nor accompany you with the Iracundo; so that you do not learn your paths, and take a bond to your soul." This verse highlights the negative influence that bad people can have in our lives and the importance of moving away from them so as not to be corrupted.
Matthew 6:14-15: "For if you forgive your offenses to men, your heavenly Father will forgive you to you; But but you do not forgive men to your offenses, nor will you forgive your offenses." This verse highlights the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation in our relationships with others.
Proverbs 17:23: "The wicked accepts bribe in secret to pervert the paths of justice." This verse emphasizes the importance of acting honestly and justice in our actions, as opposed to bad people who accept bribe to pervert justice.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5: "Love is patient, it is benign; love does not burn in jealousy, does not ufan, do not teach itself, do not lead inconveniently, do not seek your interests, not exasperal, not resent of evil. " This verse highlights the importance of being patients and tolerant of those who surround us and act with love in our relationships.
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