21 He who (A)sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
    and the father of a fool has no joy.
22 (B)A joyful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed spirit (C)dries up the bones.
23 The wicked accepts (D)a bribe in secret[a]
    to (E)pervert the ways of justice.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:23 Hebrew a bribe from the bosom

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