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Scripture Context
Proverbs 17:16 - Proverbs 17:26
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife; and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.