Proverbs 17:9-17

⁹If you want people to like/love you, forgive them for the wrong things that they do to you. If you continue to remind them about those wrong things, they will no longer be your friends.

¹⁰Rebuking people who have good sense will accomplish more for them than hitting them 100 times with a stick.

¹¹Because wicked people are always trying to cause trouble, someone will be sent to severely punish them.

¹²A mother bear whose cubs have been taken away from her is dangerous, but it is more dangerous to confront a foolish person who is doing something foolish.

¹³If someone does something evil in return for something good being done to him, evil/trouble will never leave that person's family.

¹⁴Starting a quarrel is like allowing water to start to leak out of a dam; they both need to be stopped before they get worse.

¹⁵There are two things that Yahweh hates: ◄Condemning innocent people/Saying that people who have done nothing wrong must be punished►, and declaring that people who have done wicked things should not be punished.

¹⁶It is useless to allow foolish people RHQ to try to become wise by paying for it, because they do not have enough good sense to become wise.

¹⁷Friends love others all the time, and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.