Noyes - Proverbs - 17

17:1  Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of flesh-banquets with strife.

17:2  A prudent servant shall rule over a son who causeth shame; Yea, with brothers he shall share the inheritance.

17:3  The refining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But the LORD trieth hearts.

17:4  An evil-doer listeneth to mischievous lips; And a liar giveth ear to a destructive tongue.

17:5  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; He that is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished.

17:6  Children’s children are the crown of the aged, And their fathers the glory of sons.

17:7  Excellent speech becometh not the base; How much less lying lips the noble!

17:8  A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of him who taketh it; Whithersoever it turneth it hath success.

17:9  He who covereth an offence seeketh love; But he who recurreth to a matter removeth a friend.

17:10  A reproof will penetrate deeper into a wise man Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

17:11  An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore shall a cruel messenger be sent against him.

17:12  Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, Rather than a fool in his folly.

17:13  Whoso returneth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.

17:14  The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; Therefore leave off contention before it rolleth onward.

17:15  He that justifieth the wicked, And he that condemneth the just, Both alike are an abomination to the LORD.

17:16  Why should a price be in the hand of a fool To get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?

17:17  A friend loveth at all times; But in adversity he is born a brother.

17:18  A man who lacketh understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

17:19  He who loveth strife loveth transgression; He who raiseth high his gate seeketh ruin.

17:20  He that is of a deceitful heart shall find no good; And he that turneth about with his tongue shall fall into mischief.

17:21  Whoso begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; Yea, the father of the fool hath no joy.

17:22  A merry heart doeth good to the body; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

17:23  The wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of judgment.

17:24  Wisdom is before the face of him that hath 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  Moreover, to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their equity.

17:27  He that spareth his words is imbued with knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

17:28  Even a fool, when he is silent, is accounted wise; He that shutteth his lips is a man of understanding.