Proverbs 17
1A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.
2A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and he will divide the inheritance among brothers.
3Just as silver is tested by fire, and gold is tested in the furnace, so also does the Lord test hearts.
4The evil obey an unjust tongue. And the false are submissive to lying lips.
5Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished.
6Sons of sons are the crown of old age. And the glory of sons is their fathers.
7Well-chosen words are not fitting for the foolish, nor are lying lips fitting for a leader.
8The expectation of those who stand ready is a most pleasing jewel. Whichever way he turns himself, he understands prudently.
9Whoever conceals an offense seeks friendships. Whoever repeats the words of another separates allies.
10A correction benefits more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
11The evil one continually seeks conflicts. But a cruel Angel shall be sent against him.
12It is more expedient to meet a bear robbed of her young, than the foolish trusting in his own folly.
13Whoever repays evil for good, evil shall not withdraw from his house.
14Whoever releases the water is the head of the conflict. And just before he suffers contempt, he abandons judgment.
15Those who justify the impious, and those who condemn the just, both are abominable with God.
16What does it profit the foolish to have riches, when he is not able to buy wisdom? Whoever makes his house high seeks ruin. And whoever shuns learning shall fall into evils.
17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
18A foolish man will clap his hands, when he makes a pledge for his friend.
19Whoever dwells on discord loves disputes. And whoever exalts his door seeks ruin.
20Whoever is of a perverse heart shall not find good. And whoever turns his tongue shall fall into evil.
21A foolish one is born into his own disgrace. But his father will not rejoice in one who is senseless.
22A joyful soul makes a lifetime flourish. A gloomy spirit dries out the bones.
23The impious receives gifts from the bosom, so that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
24Prudence shines from the face of the wise. The eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is the anger of the father and the grief of the mother who conceived him.
26It is not good to inflict damage on the just, nor to strike the leader who judges uprightly.
27Whoever moderates his words is learned and prudent. And a man of learning has a precious spirit.
28If he would remain silent, even the foolish would be considered wise, and if he closes his lips, intelligent.
1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.