Proverbs 17:7
Evangelical Heritage Version
Introduction to Fools and Foolishness:
The Consequences of Being a Fool
7 Eloquent lips are[a] not fitting for a fool.
How much less lying lips for a ruler!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:7 Or excessive chatter is
Proverbs 17:10
Evangelical Heritage Version
10 A reprimand impresses a discerning person
more than receiving a hundred lashes impresses a fool.
Proverbs 17:12
Evangelical Heritage Version
12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than to meet a fool in his stupidity.
Proverbs 17:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 Why hand a fool money to buy wisdom,
since he has no aptitude for using it?
Proverbs 17:24-25
Evangelical Heritage Version
24 Wisdom is right in front of a discerning person,
but a fool’s eyes wander to the end of the earth.
Avoiding Fools and Foolishness
25 A foolish son is an aggravation to his father
and bitterness to the woman who bore him.
Proverbs 17:28
Evangelical Heritage Version
28 Even a stubborn fool who keeps silent will be considered wise.
He is considered to be perceptive if he keeps his lips shut.
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