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Proverbs 17:20-22
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 17:20-22
New Catholic Bible
20 One whose heart is perverse will never prosper,
and one whose tongue is evil will come to trouble.
21 The father of a fool endures endless sorrow
and receives no joy from having begotten him.
22 A cheerful heart[a] is excellent medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:22 Cheerful heart: see Prov 14:30; 15:13, 30; 16:15.