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Proverbs

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Chapter 17

¹Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. ²A wise servant will rule over a son who brings shame, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. ³The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests hearts. ⁴An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. ⁵Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. ⁶Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. ⁷Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. ⁸A bribe is a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers. ⁹Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. ¹⁰A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool. ¹¹An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. ¹²Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. ¹³If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. ¹⁴The beginning of strife is like the letting out of water, so stop before a quarrel breaks out. ¹⁵He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD. ¹⁶Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind to learn? ¹⁷A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ¹⁸One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor. ¹⁹Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his gate high seeks destruction. ²⁰A man with a crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. ²¹If a man begets a fool, it will be his sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy. ²²A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. ²³The wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice. ²⁴The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. ²⁵A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. ²⁶To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to strike the noble for their uprightness is wrong. ²⁷Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. ²⁸Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.