17:1  Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.

17:2  A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

17:3  The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.

17:4  A wicked doer gives heed to false lips, and a liar gives ear to an evil tongue.

17:5  Whoever scorns the poor reviles his Maker; he who is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

17:6  Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children are their fathers.

17:7  Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool; much less are lying lips fitting for a prince.

17:8  A gift is like a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

17:9  He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates friends.

17:10  A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

17:11  An evil one seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

17:12  Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.

17:13  Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

17:14  The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore drop the dispute before a quarrel breaks out.

17:15  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the just, even both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

17:16  Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, since he has no heart for it?

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

17:18  A man void of understanding shakes hands in a pledge; he becomes surety in the presence of his friend.

17:19  He who loves transgression loves strife; he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

17:20  He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

17:21  He who begets a fool does it to his sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.

17:22  A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

17:23  A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.

17:24  Wisdom is before him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

17:25  A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

17:26  It is not good to punish the righteous, nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

17:27  He who has knowledge uses few words; a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

17:28  Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise, and he who shuts his lips is counted as a man of understanding.