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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 17 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Proverbs 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/16.htm" title="Proverbs 16">◄</a> Proverbs 17 <a href="../proverbs/18.htm" title="Proverbs 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_1"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.1" class="v20_17_1">1</span>Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_2"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.2" class="v20_17_2">2</span>A shrewd servant will gain authority over a master's worthless son and receive a part of the inheritance.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_3"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.3" class="v20_17_3">3</span>Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person's heart is tested by the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_4"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.4" class="v20_17_4">4</span>Evil people listen to evil ideas, and liars listen to lies.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_5"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.5" class="v20_17_5">5</span>If you make fun of poor people, you insult the God who made them. You will be punished if you take pleasure in someone's misfortune.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_6"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.6" class="v20_17_6">6</span>Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_7"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.7" class="v20_17_7">7</span>Respected people do not tell lies, and fools have nothing worthwhile to say.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_8"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.8" class="v20_17_8">8</span>Some people think a bribe works like magic; they believe it can do anything.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_9"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.9" class="v20_17_9">9</span>If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_10"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.10" class="v20_17_10">10</span>An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_11"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.11" class="v20_17_11">11</span>Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_12"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.12" class="v20_17_12">12</span>It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_13"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.13" class="v20_17_13">13</span>If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_14"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.14" class="v20_17_14">14</span>The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_15"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.15" class="v20_17_15">15</span>Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go—both are hateful to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_16"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.16" class="v20_17_16">16</span>It does a fool no good to spend money on an education, because he has no common sense.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_17"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.17" class="v20_17_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.17.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble?</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_18"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.18" class="v20_17_18">18</span>Only someone with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_19"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.19" class="v20_17_19">19</span>To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time,<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.17.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> you are asking for trouble.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_20"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.20" class="v20_17_20">20</span>Anyone who thinks and speaks evil can expect to find nothing good—only disaster.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_21"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.21" class="v20_17_21">21</span>There is nothing but sadness and sorrow for parents whose children do foolish things.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_22"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.22" class="v20_17_22">22</span>Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_23"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.23" class="v20_17_23">23</span>Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_24"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.24" class="v20_17_24">24</span>An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_25"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.25" class="v20_17_25">25</span>Foolish children bring grief to their fathers and bitter regrets to their mothers.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_26"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.26" class="v20_17_26">26</span>It is not right to make an innocent person pay a fine; justice is perverted when good people are punished.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_17_27"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.27" class="v20_17_27">27</span>Those who are sure of themselves do not talk all the time. People who stay calm have real insight. </span><span class="v20_17_28"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.17.28" class="v20_17_28">28</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.17.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> After all, even fools may be thought wise and intelligent if they stay quiet and keep their mouths shut.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">17.19: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">brag … time; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">make a show of your wealth.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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