Proverbs 17:19-21

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¹⁹ One who loves transgression loves strife;
    one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.^(A)
20 The crooked of mind do not prosper,
    and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.^(B)
21 The one who fathers a fool gets trouble;
    the parent of a fool has no joy.^(C)