Proverbs 17:20-22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁰ The crooked of mind do not prosper,
    and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.^(A)
21 The one who fathers a fool gets trouble;
    the parent of a fool has no joy.^(B)
22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
    but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.^(C)