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17:1  Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.
17:2  A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers.
17:3  A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the Lord is the tester of hearts.
17:4  A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
17:5  The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, and one who rejoices over calamity will not go unpunished.
17:6  Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of children is their fathers.
17:7  Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips; how much worse are lies for a ruler.
17:8  A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
17:9  Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
17:10  A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
17:11  An evil person desires only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
17:12  Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.
17:13  If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from his house.
17:14  To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.
17:15  Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just— both are detestable to the Lord.
17:16  Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
17:17  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.
17:18  One without sense enters an agreement and puts up security for his friend.
17:19  One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury.
17:20  One with a twisted mind will not succeed, and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.
17:21  A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.
17:22  A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
17:23  A wicked person secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice.
17:24  Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.
17:25  A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
17:26  It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person or to beat a noble for his honesty.
17:27  The one who has knowledge restrains his words, and one who keeps a cool head is a person of understanding.
17:28  Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent— discerning, when he seals his lips.