20 He that has a crooked heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
21 He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
22 A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
24 Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
26 Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to flog princes for their integrity.