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22 A joyful heart is the health of the body,
    but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.(A)
23 A guilty person takes out a bribe from the pocket,
    thus perverting the course of justice.[a]
24 On the countenance of a discerning person is wisdom,(B)
    but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 17:23 A sharp look at the sly withdrawing of a bribe from the pocket and a blunt judgment on its significance.
  2. 17:24 Wisdom is visible on the countenance (i.e., mouth, lips, tongue) of the wise person; its ultimate source is the heart. Fools have no such source of wisdom within them, a point that is nicely made by referring to the eye of the fool, roving over the landscape.