Provérbios 17

1 Better is*Prov. 15:17a dry morsel with quietness,

Than a house full of feasting with strife.

2 A wise servant will rule over *Prov. 10:5a son who causes shame,

And will share an inheritance among the brothers.

3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,

*1 Chr. 29:17; Ps. 26:2; Prov. 15:11; Jer. 17:10; (Mal. 3:3)But the Lord tests the hearts.

4 An evildoer gives heed to false lips;

A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.

5 *Prov. 14:31He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;

*Job 31:29; Prov. 24:17; Obad. 12; 1 Cor. 13:6He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

6 *(Ps. 127:3; 128:3)Children’s children are the crown of old men,

And the glory of children is their father.

7 Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,

Much less lying lips to a prince.

8 A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;

Wherever he turns, he prospers.

9 *(Prov. 10:12; 1 Cor. 13:5–7; James 5:20)He who covers a transgression seeks love,

But *Prov. 16:28he who repeats a matter separates friends.

10 *Prov. 10:17; (Mic. 7:9)Rebuke is more effective for a wise man

Than a hundred blows on a fool.

11 An evil man seeks only rebellion;

Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

12 Let a man meet *2 Sam. 17:8; Hos. 13:8a bear robbed of her cubs,

Rather than a fool in his folly.

13 Whoever *Ps. 109:4, 5; Jer. 18:20; Rom. 12:17; 1 Thess. 5:15; (1 Pet. 3:9)rewards evil for good,

Evil will not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of strife islike releasing water;

Therefore *(Prov. 20:3; 1 Thess. 4:11)stop contention before a quarrel starts.

15 *Ex. 23:7; Prov. 24:24; Is. 5:23He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,

Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

16 Why isthere in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom,

Since hehas no heart forit?

17 *Ruth 1:16; Prov. 18:24A friend loves at all times,

And a brother is born for adversity.

18 *Prov. 6:1A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge,

And becomes surety for his friend.

19 He who loves transgression loves strife,

And *Prov. 16:18he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

20 He who has a deceitful heart finds no good,

And he who has *James 3:8a perverse tongue falls into evil.

21 He who begets a scoffer doesso to his sorrow,

And the father of a fool has no joy.

22 A *Prov. 12:25; 15:13, 15merry heart does good, like medicine,

But a broken spirit dries the bones.

23 A wicked man accepts a bribe behind the back

To pervert the ways of justice.

24 *Eccl. 2:14Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding,

But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

25 A *Prov. 10:1; 15:20; 19:13foolish son is a grief to his father,

And bitterness to her who bore him.

26 Also, to punish the righteous is not good,

Nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

27 *Prov. 10:19; James 1:19He who has knowledge spares his words,

And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.

28 *Job 13:5Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;

When he shuts his lips, heisconsidered perceptive.