Proverbs 17

¹Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

²A wise servant rules over a son causing shame, And he apportions an inheritance in the midst of brothers.

³A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is YHWH.

⁴An evildoer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

⁵Whoever is mocking at the poor Has reproached his Maker, Whoever is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

⁶Sons’ sons are the crown of old men, And the glory of sons are their fathers.

⁷A lip of excellence is not fitting for a fool, much less a lip of falsehood for a noble.

⁸A stone of grace is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Wherever it turns, it prospers.

⁹Whoever is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoever is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

¹⁰Rebuke comes down on the intelligent More than one hundred stripes on a fool.

¹¹An evil man seeks only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

¹²The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And—not a fool in his folly.

¹³Whoever is returning evil for good, Evil does not move from his house.

¹⁴The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And leave the strife before it is meddled with.

¹⁵Whoever is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these are an abomination to YHWH.

¹⁶Why is this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart—there is none?

¹⁷The friend is loving at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

¹⁸A man lacking heart is striking hands, He becomes a guarantor before his friend.

¹⁹Whoever is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoever is making his entrance high is seeking destruction.

²⁰The perverse of heart does not find good, And the one turned in his tongue falls into evil.

²¹Whoever is begetting a fool has affliction for it, Indeed, the father of a fool does not rejoice.

²²A rejoicing heart does good to the body, And a struck spirit dries the bone.

²³The wicked takes a bribe from the bosom, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

²⁴The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool—at the end of the earth.

²⁵A foolish son is a provocation to his father, And bitterness to her bearing him.

²⁶Also, it is not good to fine the righteous, To strike nobles for uprightness.

²⁷One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper is a man of understanding.

²⁸Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips seems intelligent!

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