American Standard Version of 1901
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A cheerful heart {Hebrew: causeth good healing.}is a good medicine;But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom,To pervert the ways of justice.
Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding;But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is a grief to his father,And bitterness to her that bare him.
Also to {Or, fine}punish the righteous is not good,Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
He {Or, that hath knowledge spareth his words, And a man of understanding is of a cool spirit}that spareth his words hath knowledge;And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; {Or, He that shutteth his lips is &c.}When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.