Popular Bible Verses from Proverbs 17

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A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble.

A happy heart is like good medicine, but a broken spirit drains your strength.

Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend, but gossiping about the sin breaks up friendships.

The wise say very little, and those with understanding stay calm.

Even fools seem to be wise if they keep quiet; if they don’t speak, they appear to understand.

It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace than to have a feast where there is quarreling.

Starting a quarrel is like a leak in a dam, so stop it before a fight breaks out.

The LORD hates both of these things: freeing the guilty and punishing the innocent.