noyes@Proverbs:17:1 @ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of flesh–banquets with strife.

noyes@Proverbs:17:2 @ A prudent servant shall rule over a son who causeth shame; Yea, with brothers he shall share the inheritance.

noyes@Proverbs:17:3 @ The refining–pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But the LORD trieth hearts.

noyes@Proverbs:17:4 @ An evil–doer listeneth to mischievous lips; And a liar giveth ear to a destructive tongue.

noyes@Proverbs:17:5 @ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; He that is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished.

noyes@Proverbs:17:6 @ Children’s children are the crown of the aged, And their fathers the glory of sons.

noyes@Proverbs:17:7 @ Excellent speech becometh not the base; How much less lying lips the noble!

noyes@Proverbs:17:8 @ A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of him who taketh it; Whithersoever it turneth it hath success.

noyes@Proverbs:17:9 @ He who covereth an offence seeketh love; But he who recurreth to a matter removeth a friend.

noyes@Proverbs:17:10 @ A reproof will penetrate deeper into a wise man Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

noyes@Proverbs:17:11 @ An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore shall a cruel messenger be sent against him.

noyes@Proverbs:17:12 @ Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, Rather than a fool in his folly.

noyes@Proverbs:17:13 @ Whoso returneth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.

noyes@Proverbs:17:14 @ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; Therefore leave off contention before it rolleth onward.

noyes@Proverbs:17:15 @ He that justifieth the wicked, And he that condemneth the just, Both alike are an abomination to the LORD.

noyes@Proverbs:17:16 @ Why should a price be in the hand of a fool To get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?

noyes@Proverbs:17:17 @ A friend loveth at all times; But in adversity he is born a brother.

noyes@Proverbs:17:18 @ A man who lacketh understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

noyes@Proverbs:17:19 @ He who loveth strife loveth transgression; He who raiseth high his gate seeketh ruin.

noyes@Proverbs:17:20 @ He that is of a deceitful heart shall find no good; And he that turneth about with his tongue shall fall into mischief.

noyes@Proverbs:17:21 @ Whoso begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; Yea, the father of the fool hath no joy.

noyes@Proverbs:17:22 @ A merry heart doeth good to the body; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

noyes@Proverbs:17:23 @ The wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of judgment.

noyes@Proverbs:17:24 @ Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

noyes@Proverbs:17:25 @ A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bore him.

noyes@Proverbs:17:26 @ Moreover, to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their equity.

noyes@Proverbs:17:27 @ He that spareth his words is imbued with knowledge; And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

noyes@Proverbs:17:28 @ Even a fool, when he is silent, is accounted wise; He that shutteth his lips is a man of understanding.

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