Proverbs
Chapters 17:1-4
Amplified Bible
1BETTER IS a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.
2A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.
3The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts. [Ps. 26:2; Prov. 27:21; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3.]
4An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.