21. He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him].
22. A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. [Prov. 12:25; 15:13, 15.]
23. A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice.
24. A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.
25. A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
26. Also, to punish or fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.