16Wherefore is the purchase-money in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?
17A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is he born for the time of distress.
18A man void of sense pledgeth his hand, and becometh surety for his friend.
19He loveth transgression that loveth quarrel; and he that maketh high his door seeketh destruction.
20He that hath a froward heart will not find happiness; and he that hath a perverse tongue will fall into evil.
21He that begetteth a fool doth it to his sorrow; and the father of a worthless fool cannot have any joy.
22A merry heart causeth a healthy appearance of the countenance, but a depressed spirit drieth up the bones.
23A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of justice.
24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are at the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is a vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that hath born him.