17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
17:3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
17:5-7
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
17:16-17
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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