Proverbs 17
1 It is better to have quiet with a dry morsel of bread than a house full of feasting with strife.
[is] good A morsel dry and quietness with it more than a house full sacrifices of strife.
2 A wise servant will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
A servant [who] acts prudently he will rule over a son [who] acts shamefully and in among brothers he will share [the] inheritance.
3 The crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, but Yahweh refines hearts.
A crucible [is] for silver and a smelting furnace [is] for gold and [is] testing hearts Yahweh.
4 The evildoer pays attention to wicked lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
An evil-doer [is] paying attention on a lip of wickedness deception [is] giving ear on a tongue of destruction.
5 Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker and the one who rejoices at misfortune will not go unpunished.
[one who] mocks the Poor [person] he reproaches maker his [a person] joyful for calamity not he will go unpunished.
6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged and parents bring honor to their children.
[are the] crown of Old [people] children of children and [are the] honor of children parents their.
7 Eloquent speech is not suitable for a fool; much less are lying lips suitable for royalty.
Not [is] suitable for a fool a lip of excellence indeed? for for a noble [person] a lip of deception.
8 A bribe is like a magic stone to the one who gives it; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
[is] a stone of Favor the bribe in [the] eyes of owners its to all that he turns he prospers.
9 Whoever overlooks an offense seeks love, but the one who repeats a matter alienates close friends.
[one who] conceals A transgression [is] seeking love and [one who] repeats a matter [is] separating a close friend.
10 A rebuke goes deeper into a person who has understanding than a hundred blows go into a fool.
It goes deep a rebuke in [one who] understands more than striking a fool a hundred [times].
11 An evil person only seeks rebellion, so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Only rebellion he seeks an evil [person] and a messenger cruel he will be sent in him.
12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a fool in his foolishness.
May he meet a bear robbed of cubs a person and may not [he meet] a fool in foolishness his.
13 When someone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
[one who] returns Evil for good not (it will depart *Q(k)*) evil from house his.
14 The beginning of conflict is like one who releases water everywhere, so walk away from the dispute before it has broken out.
[is one who] lets out Water [the] beginning of strife and before it has broken out the dispute abandon.
15 The person who acquits the wicked person and the person who condemns the righteous person— both are an abomination to Yahweh.
[one who] justifies [the] wicked And [one who] condemns as guilty [the] righteous [are] [the] abomination of Yahweh also both of them.
16 Why should a fool pay money to learn about wisdom, when he has no ability to learn it?
Why? this [is] a price in [the] hand of a fool to acquire wisdom and [is] heart there not.
17 A friend is loving at all times and a brother is born for times of trouble.
At every time [is] loving the friend and a brother for adversity he is born.
18 A man having no sense makes binding promises and becomes responsible for his neighbor's debts.
A person lacking of heart [is] striking a palm [is] pledging a pledge before neighbor his.
19 Whoever loves conflict loves sin; the one who makes the threshold of his door too high causes bones to be broken.
[one who] loves Transgression [is] loving contention [one who] makes high entrance his [is] seeking ruin.
20 A person who has a crooked heart finds nothing that is good; the one who has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
[a person] twisted of Heart not he finds good and [one who] is perverted in tongue his he falls in trouble.
21 Whoever is the parent of a fool brings grief to himself; and the father of a fool has no joy.
[one who] begets A fool to grief of him and not he rejoices [the] father of a fool.
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
A heart joyful it makes good healing and a spirit stricken it dries up bone[s].
23 A wicked man accepts a secret bribe to pervert the ways of justice.
A bribe from [the] bosom a wicked [person] he accepts to turn aside [the] paths of justice.
24 The one who has understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are set on the ends of the earth.
[is] with [the] face of [one who] has understanding Wisdom and [the] eyes of a fool [are] at [the] end of [the] earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to the woman who bore him.
[is] grief To father his a son a fool and bitterness to [the] [one who] bore him.
26 Also, it is never good to punish the righteous person; neither is it good to flog noble men who have integrity.
Also to impose a fine to righteous [person] not [is] good to strike noble [people] [is] on uprightness.
27 One who has knowledge uses few words and one with understanding is even-tempered.
[one who] restrains Words his [is] knowing knowledge ([a person] noble of *Q(K)*) spirit [is] a person of understanding.
28 Even a fool is thought to be wise if he keeps silent; when he keeps his mouth shut, he is considered to be intelligent.
Also a fool [who] keeps silent wise he is considered [who] shuts lips his discerning.
