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Proverbs 17:24-26 New English Translation (NET)

24. Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person,but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

25. A foolish child is a grief to his father,and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

26. It is terrible to punish a righteous person,and to flog honorable men is wrong.

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