Chapter 17
Verse 1
These words recommend family love and peace, as needful for the comfort of human life.Verse 2
The wise servant is more deserving, and more likely to appear one of the family, than a profligate
son.
Verse 3
God tries the heart by affliction. He thus has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the
believer.
Verse 4
Flatterers, especially false teachers, are welcome to those that live in sin.Verse 5
Those that laugh at poverty, treat God's providence and precepts with contempt.Verse 6
It is an honour to children to have wise and godly parents continued to them, even after they
are grown up and settled in the world.
Verse 7
A fool, in Solomon's Proverbs, signifies a wicked man, whom excellent speech does not become,
because his conversation contradicts it.
Verse 8
Those who set their hearts upon money, will do any thing for it. What influence should the gifts
of God have on our hearts!
Verse 9
The way to preserve peace is to make the best of every thing; not to notice what has been said
or done against ourselves.