PROVERBS 17:22-28

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

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

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

²⁵A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

²⁶Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.

²⁷He that spareth his words hath knowledge: and he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

²⁸Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: when he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.