
Proverbs 17 The Message
A Whack on the Head of a Fool
17 A meal of bread and water in contented peace
is better than a banquet spiced with quarrels.2 A wise servant takes charge of an unruly child
and is honored as one of the family.3 As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan,
so our lives are assayed by God.4 Evil people relish malicious conversation;
the ears of…
