{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T12:34:51.826Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":17,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever it turns, it prospers."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He that justifies the wicked, and he that comdemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart to it?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his friend."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He that has a fraudulent heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into mischief."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 17 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 17](https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/17 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}