<!--more--><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1017049">Proverbs</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1017539">Chapter 17</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1017505">&laquo; Previous Chapter</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1017568">Next Chapter &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Proverbs of Solomon</em></p><ul class="scripturelog_verse_list"><li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017540">1</a>. BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017541">2</a>. A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017542">3</a>. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017543">4</a>. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017544">5</a>. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017545">6</a>. Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017546">7</a>. Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017547">8</a>. A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017548">9</a>. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017549">10</a>. A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017550">11</a>. An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017551">12</a>. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017552">13</a>. Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017553">14</a>. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017554">15</a>. He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017555">16</a>. Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017556">17</a>. A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017557">18</a>. A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017558">19</a>. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017559">20</a>. He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017560">21</a>. He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017561">22</a>. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017562">23</a>. A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017563">24</a>. Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017564">25</a>. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017565">26</a>. Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017566">27</a>. He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1017567">28</a>. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.</li>
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