22. A merry heart does good like a medicine,but a broken spirit dries the bones.
23. A wicked man takes a bribe out of a hidden placeto pervert the ways of judgment.
24. Wisdom is before him who has understanding,but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25. A foolish son is a grief to his father,and bitterness to her who bore him.
26. Also to punish the just is not good,nor to strike princes for their uprightness.