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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.

22 A joyful heart is good medicine,
    but a broken spirit drains one’s strength.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:20 Lit. heart
  2. Proverbs 17:22 Lit. spirit dries the bones