Proverbs Chapter 17
| 1 | Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. | 2 | A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. | 3 | The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. | 4 | A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. | 5 | Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. | 6 | Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. | 7 | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. | 8 | A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. | 9 | He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. | 10 | A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. | 11 | An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. | 12 | Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. | 13 | Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. | 14 | The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. | 15 | He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. | 16 | Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? | 17 | A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. | 18 | A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. | 19 | He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. | 20 | He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. | 21 | He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. | 22 | A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. | 23 | A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. | 24 | Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. | 25 | A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. | 26 | Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. | 27 | He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. | 28 | Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. |