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17:1  Better is a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices for a feast.
17:2  A prudent slave shall have rule over a son that causes shame and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
17:3  The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts.
17:4  An evil doer gives heed to false lips, and a liar gives ear to the tongue which curses.
17:5  Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he that is glad regarding the calamity of someone else shall not go unpunished.
17:6  Children’s children are the crown of old men, and the honour of the children are their fathers.
17:7  Excellent speech is not suitable for a fool: much less lying lips for a prince!
17:8  A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.
17:9  He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.
17:10  Reproof is of more benefit to a wise man than a hundred stripes to a fool.
17:11  The rebellious man seeks only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
17:12  It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
17:13  Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
17:14  To release the waters (to speak rashly) is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.
17:15  He that justifies the wicked and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
17:16  Of what good is the price to buy wisdom in the hand of the fool, seeing he has no heart to understand?
17:17  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17:18  A man void of understanding strikes hands and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.
17:19  Transgression loves him that loves strife, and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.
17:20  He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil.
17:21  He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of a fool shall have no joy.
17:22  A joyful heart shall do good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
17:23  A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.
17:24  Wisdom appears upon the countenance of him that has understanding, but the eyes of a fool manifest his folly unto the ends of the earth.
17:25  The foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.
17:26  It is certainly not good to condemn the just, nor to smite princes for doing that which is upright.
17:27  He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
17:28  Even a fool, when he is silent is counted wise, and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.