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25 Stupid fools learn good sense
    by seeing others punished;
a sensible person learns
    by being corrected.
26 Disgraceful children
rob their father
    and chase their mother away.
27 If you stop learning,
you will forget
    what you already know.

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25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,(A) and they will gain knowledge.(B)

26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother(C)
    is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,(D)
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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