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Proverbs 17 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. <font color=blue>(17:6A)</font> The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide <i>them</i> separates friends and kindred.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. <font color=blue>(17:16A)</font> He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, <i>as he</i> also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in <i>his</i> bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool <i>go</i> to the ends of the earth.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>A foolish son <i>is a cause of</i> anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><i>It is</i> not right to punish a righteous man, nor <i>is it</i> holy to plot against righteous princes.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/17-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>