Proverbs 17:1-28 MEV

[1] Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of sacrifices with strife. [2] A wise servant will have rule over a son who causes shame, and will have part of the inheritance among the brothers. [3] The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tries the hearts. [4] A wicked doer gives heed to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a wayward tongue. [5] Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamities will not be unpunished. [6] Grandchildren are the crown of old men, and the glory of children are their fathers. [7] Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, much less lying lips to a prince. [8] A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, it prospers. [9] He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends. [10] A reproof enters deeper into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool. [11] An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him. [12] Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. [13] Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. [14] The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water; therefore abandon contention before a quarrel starts. [15] He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are abomination to the LORD. [16] Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart for it? [17] A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. [18] A man void of understanding shakes hands, and becomes a pledge in the presence of his friend. [19] He loves transgression who loves strife, and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction. [20] He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief. [21] He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. [22] A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. [23] A wicked man takes a bribe out of a hidden place to pervert the ways of judgment. [24] Wisdom is before him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. [25] A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him. [26] Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their uprightness. [27] He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. [28] Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.