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