Proverbs 17:7
Christian Standard Bible
7 Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.
Proverbs 17:7
Common English Bible
7 Too much talking isn’t right for a fool;
even less so false speech for an honorable person.
Proverbs 17:10
Christian Standard Bible
10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Proverbs 17:10
Common English Bible
10 A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person
than a hundred lashes to a fool.
Proverbs 17:12
Christian Standard Bible
12 Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)
than a fool in his foolishness.
Proverbs 17:12
Common English Bible
12 Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than fools in their folly.
Proverbs 17:16
Christian Standard Bible
16 Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?(A)
Proverbs 17:16
Common English Bible
16 Why should a fool have money
to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.
Proverbs 17:24-25
Christian Standard Bible
24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes(A) roam to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(B)
Proverbs 17:24-25
Common English Bible
24 Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding,
but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth.
25 A foolish son is irritating to his father
and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 17:28
Christian Standard Bible
28 Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent—
discerning, when he seals his lips.(A)
Proverbs 17:28
Common English Bible
28 Fools who keep quiet are deemed wise;
those who shut their lips are smart.
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