Proverbs 17:16-23

¹⁶What profiteth it to a fool to have riches, since he may not buy wisdom? (or since he cannot buy wisdom?) He that maketh his house high, seeketh falling; and he that escheweth to learn, shall fall into evils.

¹⁷He that is a friend, loveth in all time; and a brother is proved in anguishes.

¹⁸A fond man shall make joy with hands (or A foolish person shall clap his hands, or shall rejoice), when he hath promised for his friend.

¹⁹He that bethinketh discords, loveth chidings; and he that enhanceth his mouth, seeketh falling. (He who thinketh up discord, loveth arguments; and he who exalteth his own mouth, seeketh his own downfall.)

²⁰He that is of wayward heart, shall not find good; and he that (mis-)turneth the tongue, shall fall into evil.

²¹A fool is born in his shame; but neither the father shall be glad in a fool. (A fool is born to his parents? shame; and the father shall never be glad, or have joy, over his foolish son.)

²²A joyful soul maketh liking age (or A joyful soul maketh a good life); a sorrowful spirit maketh dry bones.

²³A wicked man taketh gifts from the bosom, to mis-turn the paths of doom. (A wicked person accepeth secret gifts, or bribes, to pervert the course of justice.)