17Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.H2896H2720H6595H7962H1004H4392H2077H7379

2A shrewd servant will gain authority over a master's worthless son and receive a part of the inheritance.H7919H5650H4910H1121H954H2505H5159H8432H251

3Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person's heart is tested by the LORD.H4715H3701H3564H2091H3068H974H3826

4Evil people listen to evil ideas, and liars listen to lies.H7489H7181H205H8193H8267H238H1942H3956

5If you make fun of poor people, you insult the God who made them. You will be punished if you take pleasure in someone's misfortune.H3932H7326H2778H6213H8056H343H5352

6Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.H1121H1121H5850H2205H8597H1121H1

7Respected people do not tell lies, and fools have nothing worthwhile to say.H3499H8193H5000H5036H8267H8193H5081

8Some people think a bribe works like magic; they believe it can do anything.H7810H2580H68H5869H1167H6437H7919

9If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.H3680H6588H1245H160H8138H1697H6504H441

10An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.H1606H5181H995H3967H5221H3684

11Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.H7451H1245H4805H394H4397H7971

12It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.H1677H7909H6298H376H408H3684H200

13If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.H7725H7451H2896H7451H4185H4185H1004

14The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.H7225H4066H6362H4325H5203H7379H6440H1566

15Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go - both are hateful to the LORD.H6663H7563H7561H6662H8147H8441H3068

16It does a fool no good to spend money on an education, because he has no common sense.H4242H3027H3684H7069H2451H3820

17Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble?H7453H157H6256H251H3205H6869

18Only someone with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.H120H2638H3820H8628H3709H6148H6161H6440H7453

19To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time, you are asking for trouble.H157H6588H157H4683H1361H6607H1245H7667

20Anyone who thinks and speaks evil can expect to find nothing good - only disaster.H6141H3820H4672H2896H2015H3956H5307H7451

21There is nothing but sadness and sorrow for parents whose children do foolish things.H3205H3684H8424H1H5036H8055

22Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.H8056H3820H3190H1456H5218H7307H3001H1634

23Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.H7563H3947H7810H2436H5186H734H4941

24An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.H2451H6440H995H5869H3684H7097H776

25Foolish children bring grief to their fathers and bitter regrets to their mothers.H3684H1121H3708H1H4470H3205

26It is not right to make an innocent person pay a fine; justice is perverted when good people are punished.H6064H6662H2896H5221H5081H3476

27Those who are sure of themselves do not talk all the time. People who stay calm have real insight.H3045H1847H2820H561H376H8394H3368H7119H7307

28After all, even fools may be thought wise and intelligent if they stay quiet and keep their mouths shut.H191H2790H2803H2450H331H8193H995