Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

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13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

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Saying 13

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
    if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.

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Trust in the Lord(A) with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;

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Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers(A) or addicted to much wine,(B) but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women(C) to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled(D) and pure, to be busy at home,(E) to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands,(F) so that no one will malign the word of God.(G)

Similarly, encourage the young men(H) to be self-controlled.(I) In everything set them an example(J) by doing what is good.(K) In your teaching show integrity, seriousness

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