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align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">ISV Parallel ESV <a href="../../bsb/proverbs/17.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/proverbs/17.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/proverbs/17.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/proverbs/17.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/proverbs/17.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/proverbs/17.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/proverbs/17.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/proverbs/17.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/proverbs/17.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/proverbs/17.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/proverbs/17.shtml">HEB]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">International Standard Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">English Standard Version</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A prudent servant will rule in place of a disgraceful son and will share in the inheritance among brothers.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold— but the LORD assays hearts.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Whoever practices evil pays attention to wicked speech, and the liar listens to malicious talk.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker, and whoever is happy about disaster will not go unpunished.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the pride of children is their parents.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Appropriate speech is inconsistent with the fool; how much more are deceitful statements with a prince!<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A bribe works wonders in the eyes of its giver; wherever he turns he prospers.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Anyone who overlooks an offense promotes love, but someone who gossips separates close friends.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding than a hundred lashes to a fool.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A rebellious person seeks evil; a cruel emissary will be sent to oppose him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">It's better to meet a mother bear who has lost her cubs than a fool in his stupidity.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The person who repays good with evil will never see evil leave his home.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Starting a quarrel is like spilling water— so drop the dispute before it escalates.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Exonerating the wicked and condemning the righteous are both detestable to the LORD.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">What is this? A fool has enough money to buy wisdom, but is senseless? <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A man who lacks sense cosigns a loan, becoming a guarantor for his neighbor.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The person whose mind is perverse does not find good, and anyone with perverted speech falls into trouble.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow— the father of a fool has no joy.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit drains one's strength. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A person with understanding has wisdom as his objective, but a fool looks only to earthly goals.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to his mother. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Furthermore, it isn't good to fine the righteous, or to beat an official because of his uprightness.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Whoever controls what he says is knowledgeable; 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