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Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife (17:1)

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren (17:2)

The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts (17:3)

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue (17:4)

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished (17:5)

Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers (17:6)

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince (17:7)

A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth (17:8)

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends (17:9)

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool (17:10)

An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him (17:11)

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly (17:12)

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house (17:13)

The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with (17:14)

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the Lord (17:15)

Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]? (17:16)

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity (17:17)

A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend (17:18)

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction (17:19)

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief (17:20)

He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy (17:21)

A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones (17:22)

A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment (17:23)

Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth (17:24)

A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him (17:25)

Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity (17:26)

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit (17:27)

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding (17:28)

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