Proverbs 17
Reading Proverbs chapter 17 in the Webster's Bible, public-domain text from 1833.
Verses 1–10
1 Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3 The fining-pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5 He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6 Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [is] their fathers.
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8 A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
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