17Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.H2896H2720H6595H7962H1004H4392H2077H7379

2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.H7919H5650H4910H1121H954H2505H5159H8432H251

3The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.H4715H3701H3564H2091H3068H974H3826

4An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.H7489H7181H205H8193H8267H238H1942H3956

5Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.H3932H7326H2778H6213H8056H343H5352

6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.H1121H1121H5850H2205H8597H1121H1

7Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.H3499H8193H5000H5036H8267H8193H5081

8A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.H7810H2580H68H5869H1167H6437H7919

9Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.H3680H6588H1245H160H8138H1697H6504H441

10A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.H1606H5181H995H3967H5221H3684

11An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.H7451H1245H4805H394H4397H7971

12Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.H1677H7909H6298H376H408H3684H200

13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.H7725H7451H2896H7451H4185H4185H1004

14The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.H7225H4066H6362H4325H5203H7379H6440H1566

15He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.H6663H7563H7561H6662H8147H8441H3068

16Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?H4242H3027H3684H7069H2451H3820

17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.H7453H157H6256H251H3205H6869

18One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.H120H2638H3820H8628H3709H6148H6161H6440H7453

19Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.H157H6588H157H4683H1361H6607H1245H7667

20A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.H6141H3820H4672H2896H2015H3956H5307H7451

21He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.H3205H3684H8424H1H5036H8055

22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.H8056H3820H3190H1456H5218H7307H3001H1634

23The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.H7563H3947H7810H2436H5186H734H4941

24The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.H2451H6440H995H5869H3684H7097H776

25A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.H3684H1121H3708H1H4470H3205

26To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.H6064H6662H2896H5221H5081H3476

27Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.H3045H1847H2820H561H376H8394H3368H7119H7307

28Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.H191H2790H2803H2450H331H8193H995