Holy Bible - Revised Standard Version(RSV)

17:1	Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
17:2	A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
17:3	The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tries hearts.
17:4	An evildoer listens to wicked lips;and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
17:5	He who mocks the poor insults his Maker;he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
17:6	Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.
17:7	Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;still less is false speech to a prince.
17:8	A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it;wherever he turns he prospers.
17:9	He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.
17:10	A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
17:11	An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
17:12	Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
17:13	If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
17:14	The beginning of strife is like letting out water;so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
17:15	He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
17:16	Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind?
17:17	A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17:18	A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
17:19	He who loves transgression loves strife;he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
17:20	A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
17:21	A stupid son is a grief to a father;and the father of a fool has no joy.
17:22	A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
17:23	A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
17:24	A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
17:25	A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
17:26	To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good;to flog noble men is wrong.
17:27	He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
17:28	Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.