AB - Proverbs - 17

17:1  Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.

17:2  A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.

17:3  As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

17:4  A bad man listens to the tongue of transgressors, but a righteous man attends not to false lips.

17:5  He that laughs at the poor provokes Him that made him, and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless; but he that has compassion shall find mercy.

17:6  Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.

17:7  Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

17:8  Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and wherever it may turn, it shall prosper.

17:9  He that conceals injuries seeks love, but he that hates to hide them separates friends and kindred.

17:10  A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man, but a fool, though scourged, understands not.

17:11  Every bad man stirs up strife, but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.

17:12  Care may befall a man of understanding, but fools will meditate evils.

17:13  Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.

17:14  Rightful rule gives power to words, but sedition and strife precede poverty.

17:15  He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable before God.

17:16  Why has the fool wealth? For a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. (16A) He that exalts his own house seeks ruin, and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.

17:17  A friend loves at all times, and let brothers be useful in distress, for on this account are they born.

17:18  A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.

17:19  A lover of sin rejoices in strife,

17:20  and the hard-hearted man finds no good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischief,

17:21  and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son, but a wise son gladdens his mother.

17:22  A glad heart promotes health, but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.

17:23  The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in his bosom do not prosper, and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.

17:24  The countenance of a wise man is sensible, but the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

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

17:26  It is not right to punish a righteous man, nor is it holy to plot against righteous princes.

17:27  He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.

17:28  Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom, and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.