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. |