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He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction (17:19) He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief (17:20) He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy (17:21) A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones (17:22) A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment (17:23) Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth (17:24) A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him (17:25) Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity (17:26) He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit (17:27) Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding
(17:28)
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