Folks, here's the deal: Proverbs 17 is full of wise words. My father used to say, "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity." C'mon, man, that's a great lesson, literally! Not gonna happen that you find a better one. But listen, Jack, it gets better - "It is better to be a poor man whose walk is blameless than to be a fool whose lips are perverse." See here, Jack, what was that? It means that it's better to be poor and principled than to be rich and a fool. Excuse me, I'm not joking - Proverbs 17 even has a lesson about revenge. "A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; for if you rescue him, you will have to do it again." That's right, folks - you heard it here. No malarkey - Proverbs 17 is full of wise words.