20 A perverse heart finds nothing good a devious tongue falls into trouble.
21 Whoever fathers a fool gets grief. There is no joy for the father of a disgraceful son.
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
23 The wicked one receives a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
24 Wisdom is before the person of understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.
26 Also, to punish a righteous person is not good, nor to beat up an honorable one for his integrity.