| 17:1 | Better a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices strife. | |
| 17:2 | A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. | |
| 17:3 | The fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. | |
| 17:4 | A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. | |
| 17:5 | He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. | |
| 17:6 | Children's children the crown of old men; and the glory of children their fathers. | |
| 17:7 | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. | |
| 17:8 | A gift a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. | |
| 17:9 | He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth friends. | |
| 17:10 | A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool. | |
| 17:11 | An evil seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. | |
| 17:12 | Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. | |
| 17:13 | Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. | |
| 17:14 | The beginning of strife when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with. | |
| 17:15 | He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both abomination to the LORD. | |
| 17:16 | Why a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing no heart ? | |
| 17:17 | A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. | |
| 17:18 | A man void of understanding striketh hands, becometh surety in the presence of his friend. | |
| 17:19 | He loveth transgression that loveth strife: he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. | |
| 17:20 | He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. | |
| 17:21 | He that begetteth a fool to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. | |
| 17:22 | A merry heart doeth good a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. | |
| 17:23 | A wicked taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. | |
| 17:24 | Wisdom before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool in the ends of the earth. | |
| 17:25 | A foolish son a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him. | |
| 17:26 | Also to punish the just not good, to strike princes for equity. | |
| 17:27 | He that hath knowledge spareth his words: a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. | |
| 17:28 | Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: he that shutteth his lips a man of understanding. | |