Proverbs 17
Revised Geneva Translation
17 Better is a dry morsel, if peace is with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
2 A discrete servant shall have rule over a lewd son. And he shall divide the heritage among the brothers.
3 The refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold; so the LORD tries the hearts.
4 The wicked are attentive to false lips. A liar listens to the destructive tongue.
5 Whoever mocks the poor, reproaches his Maker. And whoever rejoices at destruction, shall not be unpunished.
6 Children’s children are the crown of the elders. And the glory of the children are their fathers.
7 High talk does not become a fool; much less lying lips, a prince.
8 A reward is as a stone, pleasant in the eyes of those who have it. It prospers, wherever it turns.
9 Whoever covers a transgression, seeks love. But whoever repeats a matter, separates the prince.
10 A reproof enters more into the wise than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11 A seditious person seeks only evil; and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12 It is better for a man to meet a bear, robbed of her whelps, than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife is as one who lets out water. Therefore, cease before contention starts.
15 Whoever justifies the wicked, and whoever condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
16 Why is there, in the hand of the fool, the price to get wisdom (when he has no heart for it)?
17 A friend loves at all times. And a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man destitute of understanding, shakes hands and becomes surety for his neighbor.
19 He loves transgression who loves strife. He who exalts his gate, seeks fracture.
20 The crooked heart finds no good. And whoever has a destructive tongue, shall fall into evil.
21 Whoever begets a fool, gets himself sorrow. And the father of a fool can have no joy.
22 A joyful heart causes good health. But a sorrowful mind dries the bones.
23 A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24 Wisdom is before the discerning. But the eyes of a fool are on the corners of the world.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and a heaviness to her who bore him.
26 Also, it is not good to condemn the just, nor to strike princes for equity.
27 Whoever has knowledge, spares his words. And a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise; and he who stops his lips, prudent.
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