Top Verses from Proverbs 17  

Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it? (NIV)

Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom--when he has no understanding or heart for it? (AMP)

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

A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool. (NIV)

A reproof enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred lashes into a [self-confident] fool. [Isa. 32:6.] (AMP)

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. (KJV)

A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. (NIV)

An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue. (AMP)

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

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly. (NIV)

Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage]. [Hos. 13:8.] (AMP)

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

A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family. (NIV)

A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers. (AMP)

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

A bribe is seen as a charm by those who give it; they think success will come at every turn. (NIV)

A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns. (AMP)

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

Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them. (NIV)

An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a stern and pitiless messenger shall be sent against him. (AMP)

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

Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good. (NIV)

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. [Ps. 109:4, 5; Jer. 18:20.] (AMP)

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. (KJV)