Proverbs 17:6-12 Modern English Version (MEV)

6. Grandchildren are the crown of old men,and the glory of children are their fathers.

7. Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,much less lying lips to a prince.

8. A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it;wherever he turns, it prospers.

9. He who covers a transgression seeks love,but he who repeats a matter separates friends.

10. A reproof enters deeper into a wise manthan a hundred stripes into a fool.

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

12. Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubsrather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 17