Jubilee2000 - Proverbs - 17

17:1  Better [is] a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices [for a feast].

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

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

17:4  An evil doer gives heed to false lips, [and] a liar gives ear to the tongue which curses.

17:5  Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, [and] he that is glad regarding the calamity [of someone else] shall not go unpunished.

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

17:7  Excellent speech is not suitable for a fool: much less lying lips for a prince!

17:8  A bribe [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  Reproof is of more benefit to a wise man than a hundred stripes to a fool.

17:11  The rebellious [man] seeks only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

17:12  It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

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

17:14  To release the [waters (to speak rashly)] is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.

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

17:16  Of what good is the price to buy wisdom in the hand of the fool, seeing [he has] no heart [to understand]?

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  Transgression loves him that loves strife, [and] he that exaltes his gate seeks destruction.

17:20  He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up [trouble] with his tongue shall fall into evil.

17:21  He that begets a fool [does it] to his sorrow, and the father of a fool shall have no joy.

17:22  A joyful heart shall do good [like] a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

17:23  A wicked [man] takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.

17:24  Wisdom [appears] upon the countenance of him that has understanding, but the eyes of a fool [manifest his folly] unto the ends of the earth.

17:25  The foolish son [is] a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.

17:26  It is certainly not good to condemn the just, nor to smite princes for doing that which is upright.

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

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