Proverbs 17:11-16 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

11. Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.

12. It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.

13. If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.

14. The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.

15. Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go — both are hateful to the Lord.

16. It does a fool no good to spend money on an education, because he has no common sense.

Proverbs 17