Proverbs 17
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Proverbs 17:21-25

21He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

23The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

24The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

25A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

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