| Chapter
17 |
| 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? |
| 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. |
