New International Reader's Version

Proverbs 17:10-15 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

10. A person who understands what is right learns more from just a warning than a foolish person learns from 100 strokes with a whip.

11. An evil person never wants to obey. An official who shows no mercy will be sent against him.

12. It is better to meet a bear whose cubs have been stolen than to meet a foolish person who is acting foolishly.

13. Evil will never leave the house of anyone who pays back evil for good.

14. Starting to argue is like making a crack in a dam. So drop the matter before a fight breaks out.

15. The Lord hates two things. He hates it when the guilty are set free. He also hates it when those who aren't guilty are punished.