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Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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22 He who finds a wife[a] finds good,
and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:22 Or “woman”
Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing,
And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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14 A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
but from Yahweh comes a woman[a] who is prudent.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:14 Or “wife”
Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers;
But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:18
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Proverbs 19:18
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18 Discipline your child, for there is hope,
but on his destruction do not set your desire.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:18 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 19:18
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Proverbs 19:18
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18 Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope;
And set not thy heart on [a]his destruction.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:18 Hebrew causing him to die.
Proverbs 19:18
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Proverbs 19:18
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18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
do not be a willing party to their death.(A)
Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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7 He who walks in his integrity is righteous;
happy are his children who follow him.
Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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7 A righteous man that walketh in his integrity,
Blessed are his children after him.
Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 22:6
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Proverbs 22:6
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6 Train the child concerning his way;[a]
even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:6 Literally “on the mouth of his way”
Proverbs 22:6
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Proverbs 22:6
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6 Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:6 Hebrew according to his way.
Proverbs 22:6
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Proverbs 22:6
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Proverbs 22:15
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Proverbs 22:15
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:15 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 22:15 Or “young man,” or “adolescent”
- Proverbs 22:15 That is, folly
Proverbs 22:15
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Proverbs 22:15
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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
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Proverbs 22:15
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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)
Proverbs 23:13-14
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Proverbs 23:13-14
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13 Do not withhold discipline from a child,
if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 As for you, with the rod you shall beat him,
and his life[a] you will save from Sheol.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:14 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
- Proverbs 23:14 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
Proverbs 23:13-14
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Proverbs 23:13-14
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13 Withhold not correction from the child;
For [a]if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:13 Or, though
Proverbs 23:13-14
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Proverbs 23:13-14
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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.
14 Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.(A)
Proverbs 27:11
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Proverbs 27:11
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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
and I will answer him who reproaches me with a word.
Proverbs 27:11
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Proverbs 27:11
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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs 27:11
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Proverbs 27:11
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Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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3 A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad,
but the friend of prostitutes[a] will squander his wealth.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:3 Or “whores”
Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father;
But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.
Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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