Proverbs 17

¹Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.SelectedProverbs 17:1CopyShareAsk

²A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.SelectedProverbs 17:2CopyShareAsk

³The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.SelectedProverbs 17:3CopyShareAsk

⁴A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.SelectedProverbs 17:4CopyShareAsk

⁵Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.SelectedProverbs 17:5CopyShareAsk

⁶Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.SelectedProverbs 17:6CopyShareAsk

⁷Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.SelectedProverbs 17:7CopyShareAsk

⁸A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.SelectedProverbs 17:8CopyShareAsk

⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.SelectedProverbs 17:9CopyShareAsk

¹⁰A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.SelectedProverbs 17:10CopyShareAsk

¹¹An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.SelectedProverbs 17:11CopyShareAsk

¹²Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.SelectedProverbs 17:12CopyShareAsk

¹³Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.SelectedProverbs 17:13CopyShareAsk

¹⁴The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.SelectedProverbs 17:14CopyShareAsk

¹⁵He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.SelectedProverbs 17:15CopyShareAsk

¹⁶Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?SelectedProverbs 17:16CopyShareAsk

¹⁷A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.SelectedProverbs 17:17CopyShareAsk

¹⁸A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.SelectedProverbs 17:18CopyShareAsk

¹⁹He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.SelectedProverbs 17:19CopyShareAsk

²⁰He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.SelectedProverbs 17:20CopyShareAsk

²¹He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.SelectedProverbs 17:21CopyShareAsk

²²A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.SelectedProverbs 17:22CopyShareAsk

²³A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.SelectedProverbs 17:23CopyShareAsk

²⁴Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.SelectedProverbs 17:24CopyShareAsk

²⁵A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.SelectedProverbs 17:25CopyShareAsk

²⁶Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.SelectedProverbs 17:26CopyShareAsk

²⁷He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.SelectedProverbs 17:27CopyShareAsk

²⁸Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.SelectedProverbs 17:28CopyShareAsk