Proverbs 17 : 1 (NLV)
A dry piece of food with peace and quiet is better than a house full of food with fighting.
Proverbs 17 : 2 (NLV)
A servant who is wise in what he does will rule over a son who acts in shame. He will share in what is given as one of the brothers.
Proverbs 17 : 3 (NLV)
The melting-pot is for silver and the hot fire is for gold, but the Lord tests hearts.
Proverbs 17 : 4 (NLV)
A wrong-doer listens to sinful lips. A liar listens to a tongue that destroys.
Proverbs 17 : 5 (NLV)
He who laughs at the poor brings shame to his Maker. He who is glad at trouble will be punished.
Proverbs 17 : 6 (NLV)
Grandchildren are the pride and joy of old men and a son is proud of his father.
Proverbs 17 : 7 (NLV)
Fine speaking is not right for a fool. Even worse are lying lips to a ruler.
Proverbs 17 : 8 (NLV)
Being paid in secret for wrongdoing is like a stone of much worth to the one who has it. Wherever he turns, he does well.
Proverbs 17 : 9 (NLV)
He who covers a sin looks for love. He who tells of trouble separates good friends.
Proverbs 17 : 10 (NLV)
A man of understanding learns more from being told the right thing to do than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.
Proverbs 17 : 11 (NLV)
A man who will not obey looks only for what is bad. So one who has no loving-pity will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17 : 12 (NLV)
A man meeting a bear robbed of her little ones is better than meeting a fool in his foolish way.
Proverbs 17 : 13 (NLV)
If a man returns bad for good, trouble will not leave his house.
Proverbs 17 : 14 (NLV)
The beginning of trouble is like letting out water. So stop arguing before fighting breaks out.
Proverbs 17 : 15 (NLV)
He who says that the sinful are right, and he who says those who do right are wrong, both are hated by the Lord.
Proverbs 17 : 16 (NLV)
It does a fool no good to try to buy wisdom, when he has no understanding.
Proverbs 17 : 17 (NLV)
A friend loves at all times. A brother is born to share troubles.
Proverbs 17 : 18 (NLV)
A man without good thinking makes promises, and becomes a trust for what another man owes his neighbor.
Proverbs 17 : 19 (NLV)
He who loves sin loves making trouble. He who opens his door wide for trouble is looking for a way to be destroyed.
Proverbs 17 : 20 (NLV)
He who has a sinful heart finds no good. He who has a sinful tongue falls into sin.
Proverbs 17 : 21 (NLV)
A foolish son is a sorrow to his father, and the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17 : 22 (NLV)
A glad heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17 : 23 (NLV)
A sinful man receives pay in secret to change the right way into wrong-doing.
Proverbs 17 : 24 (NLV)
Wisdom is with the one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17 : 25 (NLV)
A foolish son is a sorrow to his father, and trouble to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 17 : 26 (NLV)
It is not good to punish those who are right with God, and it is wrong to beat men of honor for being faithful.
Proverbs 17 : 27 (NLV)
He who is careful in what he says has much learning, and he who has a quiet spirit is a man of understanding.
Proverbs 17 : 28 (NLV)
Even a fool, when he keeps quiet, is thought to be wise. When he closes his lips, he is thought of as a man of understanding.
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