Proverbs 17:2-12

²A prudent servant shall rule over a son who causeth shame; Yea, with brothers he shall share the inheritance.

³The refining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But the LORD trieth hearts.

⁴An evil-doer listeneth to mischievous lips; And a liar giveth ear to a destructive tongue.

⁵Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; He that is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished.

⁶Children's children are the crown of the aged, And their fathers the glory of sons.

⁷Excellent speech becometh not the base; How much less lying lips the noble!

⁸A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of him who taketh it; Whithersoever it turneth it hath success.

⁹He who covereth an offence seeketh love; But he who recurreth to a matter removeth a friend.

¹⁰A reproof will penetrate deeper into a wise man Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

¹¹An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore shall a cruel messenger be sent against him.

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