| 章 |
| 17:1 |
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
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| 17:2 |
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
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| 17:3 |
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
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| 17:4 |
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
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| 17:5 |
Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
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| 17:6 |
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents.
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| 17:7 |
Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler.
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| 17:8 |
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.
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| 17:9 |
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
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| 17:10 |
A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.
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| 17:11 |
Evil people seek only rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
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| 17:12 |
Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly.
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| 17:13 |
Evil will not depart from the house of one who returns evil for good.
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| 17:14 |
The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so stop before the quarrel breaks out.
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| 17:15 |
One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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| 17:16 |
Why should fools have a price in hand to buy wisdom, when they have no mind to learn?
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| 17:17 |
A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
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| 17:18 |
It is senseless to give a pledge, to become surety for a neighbor.
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| 17:19 |
One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.
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| 17:20 |
The crooked of mind do not prosper, and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.
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| 17:21 |
The one who begets a fool gets trouble; the parent of a fool has no joy.
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| 17:22 |
A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
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| 17:23 |
The wicked accept a concealed bribe to pervert the ways of justice.
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| 17:24 |
The discerning person looks to wisdom, but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.
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| 17:25 |
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
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| 17:26 |
To impose a fine on the innocent is not right, or to flog the noble for their integrity.
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| 17:27 |
One who spares words is knowledgeable; one who is cool in spirit has understanding.
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| 17:28 |
Even fools who keep silent are considered wise; when they close their lips, they are deemed intelligent.
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