15 The rod and rebuke give (A)wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
    but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)

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25 A (A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her who bore him.

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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
    and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(A)

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17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest;
Yes, he will give delight to your soul.

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17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;
    they will bring you the delights you desire.(A)

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24 (A)He who spares his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him [a]promptly.

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  1. Proverbs 13:24 early

24 Whoever spares the rod(A) hates their children,
    but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline(B) them.(C)

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Wise Sayings of Solomon

10 The proverbs of (A)Solomon:

(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

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Proverbs of Solomon

10 The proverbs(A) of Solomon:(B)

A wise son brings joy to his father,(C)
    but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

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(A)Train up a child in the way he should go,
[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Even

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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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
(A)The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.(A)

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21 He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

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21 To have a fool for a child brings grief;
    there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.(A)

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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

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.(A)

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He who gathers in (A)summer is a wise son;
He who sleeps in harvest is (B)a son who causes shame.

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He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
    but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.(A)

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10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, (A)that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no [a]chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields (B)the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

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  1. Hebrews 12:11 discipline

10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(A) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(B) for those who have been trained by it.

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21 He who pampers his servant from childhood
Will have him as a son in the end.

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21 A servant pampered from youth
    will turn out to be insolent.

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(And his father had not [a]rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. (A)His mother had borne him after Absalom.)

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  1. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit. pained

(His father had never rebuked(A) him by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?” He was also very handsome and was born next after Absalom.)

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