Pro 17 | EngLXX | STEP | Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.

Proverbs 17

1 Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a housefull of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife. 2 A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren. 3 As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord. 4 A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not tofalse lips. 5 He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destructionof another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy. 6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children.The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing. 7 Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man. 8 Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and wherever it may turn, it shallprosper. 9 He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hidethem separates friends and kindred. 10 A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understandsnot. 11 Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmercifulmessenger. 12 Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils. 13 Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house. 14 Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty. 15 He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable withGod. 16 Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. Hethat exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief. 17 Have you a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on thisaccount are they born. 18 A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself,as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends. 19 A lover of sin rejoices in strifes; 20 and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fallinto mischiefs; 21 and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructedson; but a wise son gladdens his mother. 22 A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up. 23 The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts inhis bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness. 24 The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a foolgo to the ends of the earth. 25 A foolish sonis a cause of anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him. 26 It is not right to punish a righteous man, noris it holy to plot against righteous princes. 27 He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise. 28 Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shallseem to be sensible.