Proverbs 17:22-28

²²A joyful soul maketh liking age; a sorrowful spirit maketh dry bones.

²³A wicked man taketh gifts from the bosom, to mis-turn the paths of doom.

²⁴Wisdom shineth in the face of a prudent man; the eyes of fools be in the ends of earth.

²⁵A fond or foolish son is the ire or the wrath of the father, and the sorrow of the mother that bare him.

²⁶It is not good to bring in harm to a just or rightwise man; neither to smite the prince that deemeth rightfully.

²⁷He that measureth his words, is wise and prudent; and a learned man is of precious spirit.

²⁸Also a fool, if he is still, shall be guessed a wise man; and, if he presseth together his lips, he is guessed an understanding man.