#### Proverbs 17

Verses : {1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10} {11} {12} {13} {14} {15} {16} {17} {18} {19} {20} {21} {22} {23} {24} {25} {26} {27} {28}

^ Pr 17.1: Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
^ Pr 17.2: A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
^ Pr 17.3: The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
^ Pr 17.4: A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
^ Pr 17.5: Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
^ Pr 17.6: Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.
^ Pr 17.7: Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
^ Pr 17.8: A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
^ Pr 17.9: He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
^ Pr 17.10: A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
^ Pr 17.11: An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
^ Pr 17.12: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
^ Pr 17.13: Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
^ Pr 17.14: The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
^ Pr 17.15: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
^ Pr 17.16: Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
^ Pr 17.17: A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
^ Pr 17.18: A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
^ Pr 17.19: He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
^ Pr 17.20: He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
^ Pr 17.21: He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
^ Pr 17.22: A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
^ Pr 17.23: A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
^ Pr 17.24: Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
^ Pr 17.25: A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
^ Pr 17.26: Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
^ Pr 17.27: He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
^ Pr 17.28: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.