| 17 | Proverbs | ||
| 1 | Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. | ||
| 2 | A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. | ||
| 3 | The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and Yahweh tries hearts. | ||
| 4 | An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue. | ||
| 5 | He who mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. | ||
| 6 | Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers. | ||
| 7 | Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. | ||
| 8 | A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. | ||
| 9 | He who forgives an offence seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend. | ||
| 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 a cruel messenger will be sent against him. | ||
| 12 | Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly. | ||
| 13 | If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. | ||
| 14 | The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out. | ||
| 15 | He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to Yahweh. | ||
| 16 | Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind? | ||
| 17 | A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. | ||
| 18 | A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbour. | ||
| 19 | He who loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. | ||
| 20 | A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity. | ||
| 21 | A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy. | ||
| 22 | A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones. | ||
| 23 | A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice. | ||
| 24 | A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. | ||
| 25 | A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. | ||
| 26 | To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong. | ||
| 27 | A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire. | ||
| 28 | Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. | ||
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