New English Translation

Proverbs 17:20-25 New English Translation (NET)

20. The one who has a perverse heart does not find good,and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

21. Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief,and the father of a fool has no joy.

22. A cheerful heart brings good healing,but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

23. A wicked person receives a bribe secretlyto pervert the ways of justice.

24. Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person,but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

25. A foolish child is a grief to his father,and bitterness to the mother who bore him.