{"id":10630,"date":"2022-08-17T05:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?page_id=10630"},"modified":"2022-08-17T05:30:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:30:15","slug":"proverbs-17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?page_id=10630","title":{"rendered":"Proverbs 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.<\/li>\n<li>A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.<\/li>\n<li>The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold:  but the Lord trieth the hearts.<\/li>\n<li>A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.<\/li>\n<li>Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:  and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent speech becometh not a fool:  much less do lying lips a prince.<\/li>\n<li>A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:  whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.<\/li>\n<li>He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.<\/li>\n<li>A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.<\/li>\n<li>An evil man seeketh only rebellion:  therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.<\/li>\n<li>Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.<\/li>\n<li>Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.<\/li>\n<li>The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:  therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.<\/li>\n<li>He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.<\/li>\n<li>Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?<\/li>\n<li>A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.<\/li>\n<li>A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.<\/li>\n<li>He loveth transgression that loveth strife:  and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.<\/li>\n<li>He that hath a froward heart findeth no good:  and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.<\/li>\n<li>He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his own sorrow:  and the father of a fool hath no joy.<\/li>\n<li>A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:  but a broken spirit drieth the bones.<\/li>\n<li>A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.<\/li>\n<li>Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.<\/li>\n<li>A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.<\/li>\n<li>Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.<\/li>\n<li>He that hath knowledge spareth his words:  and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.<\/li>\n<li>Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:  and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices 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. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10630","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10631,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10630\/revisions\/10631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}