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Proverbs 17 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Pro 17:1Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Pro 17:2A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Pro 17:3The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tries hearts.
Pro 17:4An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
Pro 17:5He who mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Pro 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.
Pro 17:7Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
Pro 17:8A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
Pro 17:9He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.
Pro 17:10A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
Pro 17:11An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Pro 17:12Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
Pro 17:13If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Pro 17:14The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Pro 17:15He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
Pro 17:16Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind?
Pro 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Pro 17:18A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Pro 17:19He who loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
Pro 17:20A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
Pro 17:21A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy.
Pro 17:22A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
Pro 17:23A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
Pro 17:24A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Pro 17:25A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Pro 17:26To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.
Pro 17:27He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Pro 17:28Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
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