Proverbs 17:24
Showing verse 24 with surrounding context.
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¶ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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¶ A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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¶ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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¶ Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
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¶ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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¶ Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
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¶ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
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