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Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. See also: Proverbs 15:17 Psalms 37:16 Proverbs 21:19A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers. See also: Proverbs 10:5 Proverbs 14:35 Ecclesiastes 4:13The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts. See also: Isaiah 48:10 Jeremiah 17:10 Psalms 26:2An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. See also: 2 Timothy 4:3-4 1 John 4:5 Proverbs 28:4Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. See also: Proverbs 14:31 Job 31:29 Obadiah 1:11-13Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents. See also: Psalms 127:3-5 Proverbs 16:31 Proverbs 13:22Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. See also: Proverbs 29:12 Psalms 50:16-17 Psalms 101:3-5A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers. See also: Exodus 23:8 Micah 7:3 Amos 5:12He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends. See also: Proverbs 10:12 1 Peter 4:8 Proverbs 16:28A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool. See also: Revelation 3:19 Proverbs 9:8-9 Proverbs 27:22An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. See also: 1 Kings 2:46 2 Samuel 16:5-9 2 Samuel 18:15Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. See also: 2 Samuel 17:8 Hosea 13:8 Proverbs 27:3Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. See also: Psalms 109:4-13 Psalms 55:12-15 Romans 12:17The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out. See also: Proverbs 20:3 Proverbs 25:8 2 Timothy 2:23-24He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD. See also: Exodus 23:7 Isaiah 5:23 Proverbs 18:5Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding? See also: Proverbs 21:25-26 Proverbs 23:23 Acts 28:26-27A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity. See also: Proverbs 18:24 John 15:13-14 1 Samuel 20:17A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor. See also: Proverbs 11:15 Proverbs 6:1-5 Proverbs 22:26-27He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction. See also: Proverbs 16:18 Proverbs 18:12 James 3:14-16One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble. See also: James 3:6-8 Proverbs 10:31 Ecclesiastes 10:12He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy. See also: Proverbs 10:1 Proverbs 19:13 Genesis 26:34A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. See also: Proverbs 15:13 Proverbs 12:25 Proverbs 18:14A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice. See also: Exodus 23:8 Deuteronomy 16:19 Micah 7:3Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth. See also: Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ecclesiastes 8:1 Psalms 119:37A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him. See also: Proverbs 10:1 2 Samuel 13:1-22 Proverbs 19:13Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity. See also: Proverbs 17:15 Proverbs 18:5 John 18:22He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding. See also: James 3:18 James 1:19 Proverbs 14:29Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning. See also: Job 13:5 Proverbs 15:2 Ecclesiastes 10:14

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)19 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Proverbs 17:1

Ver. 1. Victims. Of which part was used for a feast. C. vii. 14. C. --- Sept. add,

"of many goods, and unjust victims." H.

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Proverbs 17:2

Ver. 2. Brethren. Partaking with them, (Abenezra. T. M.) or rather acting as his master's executor; which evinces the advantages of wisdom, so as to raise a slave above those whom his station requires him to serve. Such was Joseph, who was tried.

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Proverbs 17:4

Ver. 4. Lips. They mutually deceive one another, as well as others.

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Proverbs 17:6

Ver. 6. Fathers. Whose virtues they are bound to imitate.

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Proverbs 17:7

Ver. 7. Eloquent. Sept. "faithful." They cannot be expected from them.

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Proverbs 17:8

Ver. 8. Expecteth heavenly things. Sept. "instruction is the reward of good deeds to those who use it."

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Proverbs 17:9

Ver. 9. Friends. Detractors cause dissensions, and even wars.

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Proverbs 17:10

Ver. 10. Fools. "A word is enough for the wise." Nobilis equus umbra virgæ regitur, ignavus ne calcari quidem. Q. Curt.

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Proverbs 17:11

Ver. 11. Angel. Messenger of death, (M.) which is sometimes inflicted by good, at others by bad, angels of death, or satan. 2 Cor. xii. 7. Ps. lxxvii. 49.

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Proverbs 17:12

Ver. 12. Fool. Heb. "fool in his folly." The danger is not greater in meeting (C.) a female bear, though it be the most terrible. Arist. Anim. ix. 1.

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Proverbs 17:14

Ver. 14. Water. It is scarcely possible to prevent the bad effects of detraction.

Frequent quarrels have also risen on account of springs. Gen. xxvi. 20. ---

Judgment. And gives up the cause, as being much more prudent. Mat. v. 25.

40.

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Proverbs 17:15

Ver. 15. God. We ought to suspend our judgment, or incline to the more favourable side. Matt.

vii. 1. Rom. ii. 1.

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Proverbs 17:16

Ver. 16. He, &c. is not here in Heb. though it be equivalently (v. 19.) where the Sept. are silent.

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Proverbs 17:17

Ver. 17. Distress. Like the real friend. C. xviii. 24.

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Proverbs 17:18

Ver. 18. Hands. Through joy, or as a mark of his consent.

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Proverbs 17:19

Ver. 19. Door. Sixtus V. reads, "mouth:" as some explain the door to mean. A large door supposes that the house is elevated, and thus exposed to danger from winds, &c.

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Proverbs 17:24

Ver. 24. Earth. Wandering and insatiable, and deeming the acquisition of wisdom too difficult.

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Proverbs 17:26

Ver. 26. No good. But very criminal. See Jer. vii. 31.

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Proverbs 17:27

Ver. 27. Precious and reserved spirit. This is a mark of wisdom. C.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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