LEB - Proverbs - 17

17:1  Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled with feasts of strife.

17:2  A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

17:3  A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace is for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.

17:4  He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, and the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.

17:5  He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

17:6  The crown of the elderly are ⌞grandchildren⌟, and the glory of children is their fathers.

17:7  ⌞Fine speech⌟ is not becoming a fool, ⌞still less⌟ is ⌞false speech⌟ for a ruler.

17:8  The bribe is a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner; ⌞everywhere⌟ he will turn, he will prosper.

17:9  He who forgives an affront fosters love, but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.

17:10  A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.

17:11  An evil person will seek only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

17:12  May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

17:13  For he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

17:14  Like the release of water is the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

17:15  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, the two of them are both abominations of Yahweh.

17:16  Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool, in order to buy wisdom where there is no ⌞sense⌟.

17:17  The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.

17:18  A person who lacks ⌞sense⌟ ⌞pledges⌟; he becomes security before his neighbor.

17:19  He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.

17:20  He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.

17:21  He who begets a fool, there is trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.

17:22  A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

17:23  The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, in order to pervert the ways of justice.

17:24  He who understands sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.

17:25  A grief to his father is the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

17:26  Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, nor to flog nobles for uprightness.

17:27  He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

17:28  Even a fool who keeps silent ⌞shall be considered wise⌟; he who closes his lips is intelligent.