Proverbs 17:18-26

¹⁸A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.

¹⁹A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;

²⁰and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;

²¹and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.

²²A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.

²³The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in his bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.

²⁴The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

²⁵A foolish son is a cause of anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.

²⁶It is not right to punish a righteous man, nor is it holy to plot against righteous princes.