Proverbs 17:19-26

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.

²⁵A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.

²⁶It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right.