Proverbs 17:7
Legacy Standard Bible
7 (A)Excellent lips are not fitting for a [a]wicked fool,
Even less are (B)lying lips for a noble man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:7 One who rejects wisdom in rebellion against God
Proverbs 17:7
New International Version
7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!(A)
Proverbs 17:10
Legacy Standard Bible
10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who understands
Than a hundred blows into a fool.
Proverbs 17:10
New International Version
10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Proverbs 17:12
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:12
New International Version
12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool bent on folly.(A)
Proverbs 17:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to (A)acquire wisdom,
When [a]he has no heart of wisdom?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart
Proverbs 17:16
New International Version
16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
when they are not able to understand it?(A)
Proverbs 17:24-25
Legacy Standard Bible
24 Wisdom is in the presence of the one who understands,
But the (A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 A (B)foolish son is a vexation to his father
And (C)bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 17:24-25
New International Version
24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
but a fool’s eyes(A) wander to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(B)
Proverbs 17:28
Legacy Standard Bible
28 Even an ignorant fool, when he (A)keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered understanding.
Proverbs 17:28
New International Version
28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.(A)
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