Proverbs 17 / 31
- 1
Better is a dry morsel with quiet
than a house full of feasting with strife.
- 2
A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully
and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
- 3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and the Lord tests hearts.
- 4
An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
- 5
Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker;
he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
- 6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their fathers.
- 7
Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;
still less is false speech to a prince.
- 8
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.
- 9
Whoever covers an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
- 10
A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
than a hundred blows into a fool.
- 11
An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
- 12
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs
rather than a fool in his folly.
- 13
If anyone returns evil for good,
evil will not depart from his house.
- 14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
- 15
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
- 16
Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom
when he has no sense?
- 17
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
- 18
One who lacks sense gives a pledge
and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
- 19
Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
- 20
A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
- 21
He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
- 22
A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- 23
The wicked accepts a bribe in secret
to pervert the ways of justice.
- 24
The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
- 25
A foolish son is a grief to his father
and bitterness to her who bore him.
- 26
To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
- 27
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
- 28
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.