Proverbs Chapter 17

{17:1} Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.

{17:2} A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth 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 trieth the hearts.

{17:4} A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

{17:5} Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:

[and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

{17:6} Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.

{17:7} Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

{17:8} A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

{17:9} He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.

{17:10} A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

{17:11} An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

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

{17:13} Whoso rewardeth 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 be meddled with.

{17:15} He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.

{17:16} Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it?]

{17:17} A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

{17:18} A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

{17:19} He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

{17:20} He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

{17:21} He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

{17:22} A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

{17:23} A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

{17:24} Wisdom [is] before 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 bare him.

{17:26} Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.

{17:27} He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

{17:28} Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.