Proverbs 17:6-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

6. Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,and the pride of sons is their fathers.

7. Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;how much worse are lies for a ruler.

8. A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner;wherever he turns, he succeeds.

9. Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

10. A rebuke cuts into a perceptive personmore than a hundred lashes into a fool.

11. An evil man seeks only rebellion;a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

12. Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

13. If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from his house.

Proverbs 17