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17:1  Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.
17:2  A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
17:3  The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
17:4  A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
17:5  Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
17:6  Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
17:7  Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool-- how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
17:8  A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn.
17:9  Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
17:10  A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.
17:11  Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them.
17:12  Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.
17:13  Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good.
17:14  Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
17:15  Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent-- the LORD detests them both.
17:16  Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?
17:17  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
17:18  One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.
17:19  Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.
17:20  One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.
17:21  To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.
17:22  A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
17:23  The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice.
17:24  A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
17:25  A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
17:26  If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good, surely to flog honest officials is not right.
17:27  The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.
17:28  Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.