Provérbios 17

1 Better

2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

3 The fining pot

4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips;

5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:

6 Children’s children

7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

8 A gift

9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth

10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

11 An evil

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of strife

15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both

16 Wherefore

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

18 A man void of understanding striketh hands,

19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife:

20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

21 He that begetteth a fool

22 A merry heart doeth good

23 A wicked

24 Wisdom

25 A foolish son

26 Also to punish the just

27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words:

28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: