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| 17:1 |
 etter is a drie morsell, and quietnesse therewith; then an house full of sacrifices with strife. |
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| 17:2 |
A wise seruant shall haue rule ouer a son that causeth shame: and shall haue part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
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| 17:3 |
The fining pot is for siluer, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts. |
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| 17:4 |
A wicked doer giueth heed to false lips: and a liar giueth eare to a naughtie tongue. |
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| 17:5 |
Whoso mocketh the poore, reproacheth his maker: and he that is glad at calamities, shall not be vnpunished. |
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| 17:6 |
Childrens children are the crowne of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers. |
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| 17:7 |
Excellent speech becommeth not a foole: much lesse doe lying lippes a prince. |
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| 17:8 |
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoeuer it turneth, it prospereth. |
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| 17:9 |
He that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue; but he that repeateth a matter, separateth very friends. |
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| 17:10 |
A reproofe entreth more into a wise man, then an hundred stripes into a foole. |
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| 17:11 |
An euill man seeketh onely rebellion; therefore a cruell messenger shall be sent against him. |
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| 17:12 |
Let a beare robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather then a foole in his folly. |
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| 17:13 |
Whoso rewardeth euill for good, euill shall not depart from his house. |
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| 17:14 |
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therfore leaue off contention, before it be medled with. |
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| 17:15 |
He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust: euen they both are abomination to the Lord. |
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| 17:16 |
Wherfore is there a price in the hand of a foole to get wisedome, seeing he hath no heart to it? |
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| 17:17 |
A friend loueth at all times, and a brother is borne for aduersitie. |
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| 17:18 |
A man void of vnderstanding striketh hands, and becommeth suretie in the presence of his friend. |
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| 17:19 |
He loueth transgression, that loueth strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction. |
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| 17:20 |
He that hath a froward heart, findeth no good, and he that hath a peruerse tongue, falleth into mischiefe. |
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| 17:21 |
He that begetteth a foole, doth it to his sorrow: and the father of a foole hath no ioy. |
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| 17:22 |
A merrie heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
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| 17:23 |
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome, to peruert the wayes of iudgement. |
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| 17:24 |
Wisedome is before him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the ends of the earth. |
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| 17:25 |
A foolish sonne is a griefe to his father, & bitternes to her that bare him. |
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| 17:26 |
Also to punish the iust is not good, nor to strike princes for equitie. |
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| 17:27 |
He that hath knowledge, spareth his words: and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit. |
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| 17:28 |
Euen a foole, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips, is esteemed a man of vnderstanding. |
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