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A prudent servant will rule in place of a disgraceful son
    and will share in the inheritance among brothers.

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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully,
    and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
    and bitterness to his mother.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:25 Lit. to the one who bore him

25 A grief to his father is the child of a fool,
    and bitterness to her who bore him.

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