| Chapter 17
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1 | Better is a dry
morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with
strife. |
2 | A wise
servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of
the inheritance among the brethren. |
3 | The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold:
but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
4 | A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth
ear to a naughty tongue. |
5
| Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad
at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
6 | Children's children are the crown of old men; and
the glory of children are their fathers. |
7 | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less
do lying lips a prince. |
8
| A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. |
9 | He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. |
10 | A reproof entereth more into a
wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. |
11 | An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a
cruel messenger shall be sent against him. |
12 | Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
rather than a fool in his folly. |
13 | Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from
his house. |
14 |
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off
contention, before it be meddled with. |
15 | He that justifieth the wicked, and he that
condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. |
16 | Wherefore is there a
price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
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17 | A friend loveth
at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
18 | A man void of understanding
striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. |
19 | He loveth transgression
that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. |
20 | He that hath a
froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into
mischief. |
21 | He
that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no
joy. |
22 | A merry
heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
23 | A wicked man taketh
a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. |
24 | Wisdom is before him that hath
understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. |
25 | A foolish son is a grief
to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. |
26 | Also to punish the just is not
good, nor to strike princes for equity. |
27 | He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a
man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. |
28 | Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is
counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of
understanding. |
