23 The wicked accepts (A)a bribe in secret[a]
    to (B)pervert the ways of justice.
24 (C)The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 (D)A foolish son is a grief to his father
    (E)and bitterness to (F)her who bore him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:23 Hebrew a bribe from the bosom

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