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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 will have rule over a son who causes shame, and will have part of the inheritance among the brothers.
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 wayward tongue.
17:5  Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamities will not be unpunished.
17:6  Grandchildren are the crown of old men, and the glory of children are their fathers.
17:7  Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, much less lying lips to a prince.
17:8  A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, it prospers.
17:9  He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends.
17:10  A reproof enters deeper into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
17:11  An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
17:12  Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
17:13  Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
17:14  The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water; therefore abandon contention before a quarrel starts.
17:15  He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them 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 shakes hands, and becomes a pledge in the presence of his friend.
17:19  He loves transgression who loves strife, and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
17:20  He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
17:21  He who fathers 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 a hidden place to pervert the ways of judgment.
17:24  Wisdom is before him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
17:25  A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
17:26  Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their uprightness.
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 holds his peace, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.