Proverbs 17                                                        Book of Proverbs     

Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

• Personal contentment and peace. You need peace when your eating
• It's better to be poor, then to have money and worry all the time

2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

• Wise servant shall have part of the inheritance, for the son will not have any inheritance

3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

• A wicked = mischief maker = A person that looks for trouble
• Liar = for the man who habitually lies, a liar is always ready to believe a lie

5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

• God doesn't like for someone to mock the poor, a needy one
• Unpunished = held guiltless

6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

• Don't be deceived by a fool, with lying lips
• Speech, put by for what is spoken by it

8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

• Him that hath it = gift = its owner, the bribed, not the briber.
• Prospereth = it sparkles, And he loves to love at it and keep it

9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

• Pick true friends, you can trust

10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

• A fool thinks they know it all
• Be wise in God's word

11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

• Evil worker seeks trouble, he loves to cause trouble

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

• A fool is more danger than a bear

13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

• Reward evil = is to hire false witness

14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

• Strife is like a dam breaking = the letting loose as by making a breach in a dam
• Be meddled with = gathereth volume

15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

• You think it's okay to do wickedness
• He who wrongs the right and rights the wrong

16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

• A fool doesn't have a mind to handle money
• Because a fool can't buy wisdom
• A fool doesn't listen to a wise person
• Heart = mind
• Wherefore is there a price = Why is this ready money in the hand of a fool to get wisdom when he has no sense?
• Heart = put by for the sense in it

17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

• A true friend will stand with you, always, he's a true brother

18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

• Don't sign anything until you read it, read every word
• Heart put by of a cause, for understanding in it

19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

• He loveth transgression = He loves sin,
• He that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction = A rich man, who thus proclaimed his wealth
• Don't be talking about what you have.
• If your telling crooks what you have, you have open your gate for a crook to rob you.

20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

 

22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

• Merry heart is good medicine, he doesn't let things take him down

23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

• Money can't buy wisdom
• Gift = bribe
• This is the act of the briber, not the bribed

24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

• He with wisdom, has common sense
• Before = is the goal of

25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

• If your mother gives up on you, your in trouble

26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

• Don't punish someone that does good

27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

• A wise person is not going to make the problem worse, he going to try and help you through the problem
• Understanding = discerning

28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

• Some times it better not to say anything.
• Understanding = wisdom  = a wise man

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

 

•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

 

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25