Proverbs 17:16-24

¹⁶What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.

¹⁷He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.

¹⁸A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.

¹⁹He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.

²⁰He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.

²¹A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.

²²A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.

²³The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

²⁴Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.