Proverbs 17:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 The perverse in heart come to no good,
and the double-tongued fall into trouble.[a]
21 Whoever conceives a fool has grief;
the father of a numskull has no joy.
22 A joyful heart is the health of the body,
but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.(A)
Footnotes
- 17:20 The saying employs the familiar metaphors of walking = conducting oneself (“fall into trouble”), and of straight and crooked = right and wrong (“perverse,” “double-tongued”).
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