Proverbs 17:7-24 - The Consequences Of Being A Fool

7 Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

8 A bribe is as a magic stone in the eyes of him that gives it: wherever he turns, he prospers.

9 He that covers over a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates close friends.

10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

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

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

13 Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.

15 He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart for it?

17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

18 A man void of understanding gives pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.

19 He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

20 He that has a crooked heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.

21 He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.

22 A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.

23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.

24 Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.