Proverbs 17:17-24

¹⁷A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

¹⁸A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.

¹⁹He loveth transgression that loveth strife; he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

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

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

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

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

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