Proverbs Chapter 17

17 : 1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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

17 : 3 The fining 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 a naughty tongue.

17 : 5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that 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 becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

17 : 8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever it turns, it prospers.

17 : 9 He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.

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

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

17 : 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, 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 as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

17 : 15 He that justifies the wicked, and he that comdemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

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

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

17 : 18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.

17 : 19 He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.

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

17 : 21 He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and 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 gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

17 : 24 Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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

17 : 26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

17 : 27 He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

17 : 28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.