A cheerful heart makes good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
A cheerful heart makes good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:19–25
He who loves disobedience loves strife.
One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity,
and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
He who becomes the father of a fool grieves.
The father of a fool has no joy.
A cheerful heart makes good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret,
to pervert the ways of justice.
Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding,
but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
A foolish son brings grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
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