Proverbs chapter 17

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.