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23 Wicked judges secretly accept bribes.
    Then they are not fair when they judge.
24 A person who knows what is right can easily find wisdom.
    But a foolish person looks everywhere and never finds it.
25 To have a foolish son makes his father sad.
    It makes his mother very upset.

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23 The wicked accept bribes(A) in secret
    to pervert the course of justice.(B)

24 A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
    but a fool’s eyes(C) wander to the ends of the earth.

25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
    and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(D)

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