Proverbs chapter 17
1 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife
2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family
3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart
4 A wicked person listers to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue
5 Whoever mo cks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disater will not go unpunished
6 Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children
7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool how much worse lying lips to a ruler !
8 A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it they think success will come at every tum
9 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends
10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool
11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God the messenger of death will be sent against them
12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly
13 Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good
14 Starting aquarrel is like breaching a dam so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out
15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent the Lprd detests them both
16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom when they are not able to understand it?
17 A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for a time of adversity
18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor
19 Whoever loves a quarrel lives sin whoever builds a high gate invites destruction
20 One whose heart is corrupt dies not prosper one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble
21 To have a fool for a child brings grief there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine but a crushed spirit dries up the bones
23 The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervent the course of justice
24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him
26 If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good surely to flog honest officials is not right
27 The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint and whoever has understanding is even tempered
28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent and discerning if they hold their tongues