What does Proverbs 17:1-10 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrificesa with strife.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.b
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Excellentc speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
A gift is as a preciousd stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
He that covereth a transgression seekethe love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
A reproof enterethf more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.