Proverbs 17 - ESV - BibliaVida

1 ¹Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting^a with strife.

2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over ²a son who acts shamefully and ³will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

3 ⁴The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, ⁵and the LORD tests hearts.

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

5 Whoever mocks the poor ⁶insults his Maker; he who is ⁷glad at calamity will not go ⁸unpunished.

6 ⁹Grandchildren are ¹⁰the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

7 Fine speech is not ¹¹becoming to a fool; still less is ¹²false speech to a prince.

8 ¹³A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.

9 Whoever ¹⁴covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter ¹⁵separates close friends.

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

11 An evil man seeks only rebellion, and ¹⁶a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

12 Let a man meet ¹⁷a she-bear robbed of her cubs ¹⁸rather than a fool in his folly.

13 If anyone ¹⁹returns evil for good, ²⁰evil will not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so ²¹quit before the quarrel breaks out.

15 He who ²²justifies the wicked and he who ²³condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

16 Why should a fool have money in his hand ²⁴to buy wisdom when he has no sense?

17 ²⁵A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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

19 Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who ²⁶makes his door high seeks destruction.

20 ²⁷A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

21 He who ²⁸sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

22 ²⁹A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit ³⁰dries up the bones.

23 The wicked accepts ³¹a bribe in secret^b to ³²pervert the ways of justice.

24 ³³The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

25 ³⁴A foolish son is a grief to his father ³⁵and bitterness to ³⁶her who bore him.

26 ³⁷To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

27 Whoever ³⁸restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

28 Even a fool ³⁹who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Proverbs 17 ESV