<TITLE>Proverbs 17</TITLE><BR>Proverbs 17 <BR>1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.<BR>2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.<BR>3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.<BR>4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.<BR>5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.<BR>6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.<BR>7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.<BR>8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.<BR>9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.<BR>10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.<BR>11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.<BR>12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.<BR>13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.<BR>14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.<BR>15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.<BR>16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?<BR>17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.<BR>18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.<BR>19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.<BR>20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.<BR>21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.<BR>22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.<BR>23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.<BR>24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.<BR>25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.<BR>26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.<BR>27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.<BR>28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.<BR><BR><BR>