Holy Bible - Young's Literal Translation(YLT)

17:1	Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
17:2	A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.
17:3	A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah.
17:4	An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
17:5	Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
17:6	Sons' sons [are] the crown of old men, And the glory of sons [are] their fathers.
17:7	Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.
17:8	A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
17:9	Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.
17:10	Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
17:11	An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
17:12	The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.
17:13	Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
17:14	The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
17:15	Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these [are] an abomination to Jehovah.
17:16	Why [is] this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
17:17	At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
17:18	A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
17:19	Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
17:20	The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
17:21	Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
17:22	A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
17:23	A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
17:24	The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.
17:25	A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
17:26	Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.
17:27	One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper [is] a man of understanding.
17:28	Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!