Proverbs 17:19-25 English Revised Version (ERV)

19. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: he that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

20. He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

21. He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

22. A merry heart is a good medicine: but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

23. A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgment.

24. Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding: but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

25. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

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