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Proverbs 17:24-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

24 The discerning person looks to wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.(A)
25 Foolish children are a grief to their father
    and bitterness to her who bore them.(B)
26 To impose a fine on the innocent is not right
    or to flog the noble for their integrity.(C)

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