# Proverbs 17 
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1. Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. 
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2. A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. 
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3. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts. 
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4. An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. 
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5. Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. 
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6. Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. 
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7. Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. 
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8. A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. 
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9. Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. 
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10. A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool. 
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11. An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. 
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12. Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. 
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13. If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. 
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14. The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out. 
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15. He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD. 
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16. Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense? 
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17. A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 
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18. One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor. 
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19. Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. 
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20. A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. 
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21. He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. 
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22. A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. 
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23. The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice. 
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24. The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. 
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25. A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. 
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26. To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. 
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27. Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. 
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28. Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. 

(ESV)