017:001
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

017:002
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

017:003
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

017:004
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

017:005
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

017:006
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

017:007
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

017:008
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

017:009
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

017:010
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

017:011
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

017:012
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

017:013
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

017:014
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

017:015
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

017:016
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

017:017
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

017:018
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

017:019
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

017:020
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

017:021
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

017:022
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

017:023
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

017:024
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

017:025
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

017:026
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

017:027
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

017:028
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.