24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes(A) roam to the ends of the earth.

25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(B)

26 It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 17:26 Or noble unfairly

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