17Proverbs 17

1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.Select Proverbs 17:1

2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers.Select Proverbs 17:2

3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.Select Proverbs 17:3

4A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.Select Proverbs 17:4

5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.Select Proverbs 17:5

6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.Select Proverbs 17:6

7Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.Select Proverbs 17:7

8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever it turns, it prospers.Select Proverbs 17:8

9He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.Select Proverbs 17:9

10A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.Select Proverbs 17:10

11An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.Select Proverbs 17:11

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

13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.Select Proverbs 17:13

14The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.Select Proverbs 17:14

15He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.Select Proverbs 17:15

16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart to it?Select Proverbs 17:16

17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.Select Proverbs 17:17

18A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.Select Proverbs 17:18

19He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.Select Proverbs 17:19

20He that has a fraudulent heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.Select Proverbs 17:20

21He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.Select Proverbs 17:21

22A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.Select Proverbs 17:22

23A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.Select Proverbs 17:23

24Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.Select Proverbs 17:24

25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.Select Proverbs 17:25

26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.Select Proverbs 17:26

27He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.Select Proverbs 17:27

28Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.Select Proverbs 17:28