PR-17:1  Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than

an house full

of sacrifices [with] strife.

PR-17:2  A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth

shame, and

shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

PR-17:3  The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for

gold: but the

LORD trieth the hearts.

PR-17:4  A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar

giveth ear to a

naughty tongue.

PR-17:5  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he

that is glad

at calamities shall not be unpunished.

PR-17:6  Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the

glory of

children [are] their fathers.

PR-17:7  Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do

lying lips a

prince.

PR-17:8  A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that

hath it:

whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

PR-17:9  He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he

that repeateth

a matter separateth [very] friends.

PR-17:10  A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an

hundred stripes into

a fool.

PR-17:11  An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a

cruel messenger

shall be sent against him.

PR-17:12  Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather

than a fool in

his folly.

PR-17:13  Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart

from his house.

PR-17:14  The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out

water:

therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

PR-17:15  He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth

the just, even

they both [are] abomination to the LORD.

PR-17:16  Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to

get wisdom,

seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

PR-17:17  A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born

for adversity.

PR-17:18  A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and]

becometh surety in

the presence of his friend.

PR-17:19  He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he

that exalteth

his gate seeketh destruction.

PR-17:20  He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he

that hath a

perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

PR-17:21  He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and

the father of

a fool hath no joy.

PR-17:22  A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a

broken spirit

drieth the bones.

PR-17:23  A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to

pervert the ways of

judgment.

PR-17:24  Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but

the eyes of a

fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

PR-17:25  A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and

bitterness to her that

bare him.

PR-17:26  Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike

princes for

equity.

PR-17:27  He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man

of

understanding is of an excellent spirit.

PR-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.

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