Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Proverbs chapter 17

Better a dry piece of bread with than a house full of with .A will end up in charge of a son, and will share the inheritance among the brothers.The tests silver and the furnace tests gold, but tests the .A person who listens eagerly to ; a liar pays close attention to a .Whoever the insults their ; whoever celebrates someone else’s disaster will not go unpunished.Grandchildren are the of the , and parents are the of their children. doesn’t fit a — how much less do lying lips fit a .A works like a for the one who gives it — wherever he turns, he succeeds.Whoever an promotes , but whoever keeps bringing it up drives friends apart.A single sinks deeper into a than a hundred blows into a .A is only looking for trouble, so a will be sent against him.Better to run into a than to encounter a fool caught up in his .If someone returns for good, evil will never leave their .Starting a is like — drop it before the dispute bursts open.Letting the guilty go free and punishing the innocent — them both.What good is money in the hands of a trying to buy when he has no desire to learn?A at all times, and a is born for .A person with and puts up for his neighbor.Whoever loves loves ; whoever is asking for destruction.A finds nothing good; a falls into trouble.Whoever fathers a gets ; there is no joy for the parent of a .A is , but a .The takes a to pervert the course of . is right in front of the , but the fool’s eyes wander to the .A son brings to his father and to the mother who bore him.It’s not right to the or to beat an for their .The person who , and a person .Even a is thought if he keeps quiet — if he keeps his mouth shut, he seems .