Category: proverbs

          “He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit” (Proverbs 17:27).    Send article as PDF   

          “Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth” (Proverbs 17:24).    Send article as PDF   

          “A wicked man accepts a bribe behind the back to pervert the ways of justice” (Proverbs 17:23).    Send article as PDF   

          “He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy…A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him” (Proverbs 17:21, 25).    Send article as PDF   

          “He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil” (Proverbs 17:20).    Send article as PDF   

          “He who loves transgression loves strife, and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction” (Proverbs 17:19).    Send article as PDF   

          “A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge and becomes surety for his friend…He who is surety for a stranger will suffer, but one who hates being surety is secure” (Proverbs 17:18; 11:15).    Send article as PDF   

          “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity…there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (Proverbs 17:17; 18:24).    Send article as PDF   

          “Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom, since he has no heart for it?” (Proverbs 17:16).    Send article as PDF