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17:1  Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
17:2  A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
17:3  The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
17:4  A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
17:5  Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
17:6  Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers.
17:7  Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
17:8  A bribe is as a magic stone in the eyes of him that gives it: wherever he turns, he prospers.
17:9  He that covers over a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates close friends.
17:10  A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
17:11  An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
17:12  Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
17:13  Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
17:14  The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.
17:15  He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
17:16  Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart for it?
17:17  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17:18  A man void of understanding gives pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
17:19  He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
17:20  He that has a crooked heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
17:21  He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
17:22  A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
17:23  A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
17:24  Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
17:25  A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
17:26  Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to flog princes for their integrity.
17:27  He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
17:28  Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.