Pro 17:1 Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.
Pro 17:2 A shrewd servant will gain authority over a master's worthless son and receive a part of the inheritance.
Pro 17:3 Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person's heart is tested by the LORD.
Pro 17:4 Evil people listen to evil ideas, and liars listen to lies.
Pro 17:5 If you make fun of poor people, you insult the God who made them. You will be punished if you take pleasure in someone's misfortune.
Pro 17:6 Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.
Pro 17:7 Respected people do not tell lies, and fools have nothing worthwhile to say.
Pro 17:8 Some people think a bribe works like magic; they believe it can do anything.
Pro 17:9 If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.
Pro 17:10 An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.
Pro 17:11 Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.
Pro 17:12 It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.
Pro 17:13 If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.
Pro 17:14 The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.
Pro 17:15 Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go---both are hateful to the LORD.
Pro 17:16 It does a fool no good to spend money on an education, because he has no common sense.
Pro 17:17 Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble?
Pro 17:18 Only someone with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.
Pro 17:19 To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time, you are asking for trouble.
Pro 17:20 Anyone who thinks and speaks evil can expect to find nothing good---only disaster.
Pro 17:21 There is nothing but sadness and sorrow for parents whose children do foolish things.
Pro 17:22 Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.
Pro 17:23 Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.
Pro 17:24 An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.
Pro 17:25 Foolish children bring grief to their fathers and bitter regrets to their mothers.
Pro 17:26 It is not right to make an innocent person pay a fine; justice is perverted when good people are punished.
Pro 17:27 Those who are sure of themselves do not talk all the time. People who stay calm have real insight.
Pro 17:28 After all, even fools may be thought wise and intelligent if they stay quiet and keep their mouths shut.
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