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24 The sluggard buries a hand in the dish;
    not even lifting it to the mouth.(A)
25 Beat a scoffer and the naive learn a lesson;
    rebuke the intelligent and they gain knowledge.(B)
26 Whoever mistreats a father or drives away a mother,
    is a shameless and disgraceful child.[a](C)

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  1. 19:26 Children who disgrace the family equivalently plunder their father’s wealth and expel their mother from the home.

24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(A)

25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,(B) and they will gain knowledge.(C)

26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother(D)
    is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

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