Proverbs 17:20-22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁰He who has a wayward and crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful and contrary tongue will fall into calamity.^(A)

²¹He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him].

²²A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.^(B)

Proverbs 17:20-22

New International Version

²⁰One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

²¹To have a fool for a child brings grief;
there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.^(A)

²²A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed^(B) spirit dries up the bones.^(C)

²⁰He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

²¹He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

²²A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

²⁰He who has a ^[a]deceitful heart finds no good,
And he who has ^(A)a perverse tongue falls into evil.

²¹He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

²²A ^(B)merry heart ^[b]does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones.

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

New International Version (NIV)