Proverbs 17 : 1 (MKJV)
Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.
Proverbs 17 : 2 (MKJV)
A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17 : 3 (MKJV)
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.
Proverbs 17 : 4 (MKJV)
A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; a liar gives ear to an evil tongue.
Proverbs 17 : 5 (MKJV)
Whoever scorns the poor reviles his Maker; he who is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 17 : 6 (MKJV)
Sons of sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.
Proverbs 17 : 7 (MKJV)
An excellent lip is not fitting for a fool; much less are lying lips fitting for a prince.
Proverbs 17 : 8 (MKJV)
A bribe is like a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, he is prudent.
Proverbs 17 : 9 (MKJV)
He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends.
Proverbs 17 : 10 (MKJV)
A reproof enters more into a wise man than a thousand stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 17 : 11 (MKJV)
An evil one seeks only rebellion; so a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 17 : 12 (MKJV)
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17 : 13 (MKJV)
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Proverbs 17 : 14 (MKJV)
The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off fighting, before it breaks out.
Proverbs 17 : 15 (MKJV)
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.
Proverbs 17 : 16 (MKJV)
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, since he has no heart for it?
Proverbs 17 : 17 (MKJV)
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for the time of trouble.
Proverbs 17 : 18 (MKJV)
A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 17 : 19 (MKJV)
He who loves fighting loves transgression; he who makes his gate high seeks ruin.
Proverbs 17 : 20 (MKJV)
He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a crooked tongue falls into mischief.
Proverbs 17 : 21 (MKJV)
He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17 : 22 (MKJV)
A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
Proverbs 17 : 23 (MKJV)
A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 17 : 24 (MKJV)
Wisdom is before him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17 : 25 (MKJV)
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17 : 26 (MKJV)
And it is not good to punish the just, nor to strike princes for uprightness.
Proverbs 17 : 27 (MKJV)
He who has knowledge uses few words; a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs 17 : 28 (MKJV)
Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise, and he who shuts his lips is counted as a man of understanding.
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