第17章
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* 第 17 章
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* 箴17:1 设筵满屋，大家相争，不如有块干饼，大家相安。
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*Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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* 箴17:2 仆人办事聪明，必管辖贻羞之子，又在众子中同分产业。
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*A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
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* 箴17:3 鼎为炼银，炉为炼金；惟有耶和华熬炼人心。
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*The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
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* 箴17:4 行恶的，留心听奸诈之言；说谎的，侧耳听邪恶之语。
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*A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
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* 箴17:5 戏笑穷人的，是辱没造他的主；幸灾乐祸的，必不免受罚。
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*Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
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* 箴17:6 子孙为老人的冠冕；父亲是儿女的荣耀。
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*Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
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* 箴17:7 愚顽人说美言本不相宜，何况君王说谎话呢？
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*Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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* 箴17:8 贿赂在馈送的人眼中看为宝玉，随处运动都得顺利。
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*A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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* 箴17:9 遮掩人过的，寻求人爱；屡次挑错的，离间密友。
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*He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
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* 箴17:10 一句责备话深入聪明人的心，强如责打愚昧人一百下。
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*A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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* 箴17:11 恶人只寻背叛，所以必有严厉的使者奉差攻击他。
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*An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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* 箴17:12 宁可遇见丢崽子的母熊，不可遇见正行愚妄的愚昧人。
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*Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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* 箴17:13 以恶报善的，祸患必不离他的家。
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*Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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* 箴17:14 纷争的起头如水放开，所以，在争闹之先必当止息争竞。
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*The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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* 箴17:15 定恶人为义的，定义人为恶的，这都为耶和华所憎恶。
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*He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
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* 箴17:16 愚昧人既无聪明，为何手拿价银买智慧呢？
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*Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
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* 箴17:17 朋友乃时常亲爱，弟兄为患难而生。
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*A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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* 箴17:18 在邻舍面前击掌作保乃是无知的人。
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*A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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* 箴17:19 喜爱争竞的，是喜爱过犯；高立家门的，乃自取败坏。
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*He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
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* 箴17:20 心存邪僻的，寻不着好处；舌弄是非的，陷在祸患中。
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*He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
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* 箴17:21 生愚昧子的，必自愁苦；愚顽人的父毫无喜乐。
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*He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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* 箴17:22 喜乐的心乃是良药；忧伤的灵使骨枯干。
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*A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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* 箴17:23 恶人暗中受贿赂，为要颠倒判断。
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*A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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* 箴17:24 明哲人眼前有智慧；愚昧人眼望地极。
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*Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
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* 箴17:25 愚昧子使父亲愁烦，使母亲忧苦。
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*A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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* 箴17:26 刑罚义人为不善；责打君子为不义。
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*Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
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* 箴17:27 寡少言语的，有知识；性情温良的，有聪明。
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*He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
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* 箴17:28 愚昧人若静默不言也可算为智慧；闭口不说也可算为聪明。
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*Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.