17Proverbs 17

1Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.Select Proverbs 17:1

2A shrewd servant will gain authority over a master's worthless son and receive a part of the inheritance.Select Proverbs 17:2

3Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person's heart is tested by the Lord.Select Proverbs 17:3

4Evil people listen to evil ideas, and liars listen to lies.Select Proverbs 17:4

5If you make fun of poor people, you insult the God who made them. You will be punished if you take pleasure in someone's misfortune.Select Proverbs 17:5

6Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.Select Proverbs 17:6

7Respected people do not tell lies, and fools have nothing worthwhile to say.Select Proverbs 17:7

8Some people think a bribe works like magic; they believe it can do anything.Select Proverbs 17:8

9If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.Select Proverbs 17:9

10An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.Select Proverbs 17:10

11Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.Select Proverbs 17:11

12It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.Select Proverbs 17:12

13If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.Select Proverbs 17:13

14The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.Select Proverbs 17:14

15Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go—both are hateful to the Lord.Select Proverbs 17:15

16It does a fool no good to spend money on an education, because he has no common sense.Select Proverbs 17:16

17Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble?Select Proverbs 17:17

18Only someone with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.Select Proverbs 17:18

19To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time, you are asking for trouble.Select Proverbs 17:19

20Anyone who thinks and speaks evil can expect to find nothing good—only disaster.Select Proverbs 17:20

21There is nothing but sadness and sorrow for parents whose children do foolish things.Select Proverbs 17:21

22Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.Select Proverbs 17:22

23Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.Select Proverbs 17:23

24An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.Select Proverbs 17:24

25Foolish children bring grief to their fathers and bitter regrets to their mothers.Select Proverbs 17:25

26It is not right to make an innocent person pay a fine; justice is perverted when good people are punished.Select Proverbs 17:26

27Those who are sure of themselves do not talk all the time. People who stay calm have real insight.Select Proverbs 17:27

28After all, even fools may be thought wise and intelligent if they stay quiet and keep their mouths shut.Select Proverbs 17:28