Proverbs 17:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹ The person who loves transgression loves strife;
    the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

²⁰ The person whose mind^[a] is perverse does not find good,
    and anyone with perverted speech falls into trouble.

²¹ The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow—
    the father of a fool has no joy.