Proverbs 17 : 1 (YLT)
Better *is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
Proverbs 17 : 2 (YLT)
A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.
Proverbs 17 : 3 (YLT)
A refining pot *is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.
Proverbs 17 : 4 (YLT)
An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
Proverbs 17 : 5 (YLT)
Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
Proverbs 17 : 6 (YLT)
Sons` sons *are the crown of old men, And the glory of sons are their fathers.
Proverbs 17 : 7 (YLT)
Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.
Proverbs 17 : 8 (YLT)
A stone of grace *is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs 17 : 9 (YLT)
Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.
Proverbs 17 : 10 (YLT)
Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
Proverbs 17 : 11 (YLT)
An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
Proverbs 17 : 12 (YLT)
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17 : 13 (YLT)
Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
Proverbs 17 : 14 (YLT)
The beginning of contention *is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
Proverbs 17 : 15 (YLT)
Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these *are an abomination to Jehovah.
Proverbs 17 : 16 (YLT)
Why *is this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
Proverbs 17 : 17 (YLT)
At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
Proverbs 17 : 18 (YLT)
A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
Proverbs 17 : 19 (YLT)
Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
Proverbs 17 : 20 (YLT)
The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
Proverbs 17 : 21 (YLT)
Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
Proverbs 17 : 22 (YLT)
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
Proverbs 17 : 23 (YLT)
A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
Proverbs 17 : 24 (YLT)
The face of the intelligent *is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.
Proverbs 17 : 25 (YLT)
A provocation to his father *is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 17 : 26 (YLT)
Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.
Proverbs 17 : 27 (YLT)
One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper *is a man of understanding.
Proverbs 17 : 28 (YLT)
Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!
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