Proverbs 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 * .
