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A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.

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A wise slave will rule his master’s wicked sons and share their estate.

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25 Foolish children[a] bring grief to their father
    and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:25 Hebrew A foolish son.

25 A rebellious son is a grief to his father and a bitter blow to his mother.

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