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Proverbs 23:12-14
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12 Apply your heart to instruction,
And your ears to words of knowledge.

13 (A)Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from [a]hell.

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  1. Proverbs 23:14 Or Sheol
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Proverbs 23:12-14
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Saying 12

12 Apply your heart to instruction(A)
    and your ears to words of knowledge.

Saying 13

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
    if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 Punish them with the rod
    and save them from death.(B)

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