Proverbs 17:20 Context

◄ Proverbs 17:20 ►

The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

Context

20He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

21He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

22A joyful heart is good medicine,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

23A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom
To pervert the ways of justice.

24Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding,
But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

25A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.

26It is also not good to fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

27He who restrains his words has knowledge,
And he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

28Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.

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