22 He who finds a (A)wife finds a good thing
And (B)obtains favor from the Lord.

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22 Whoever finds a wife finds what is good,
    and receives favor from the Lord.

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22 He who finds a wife finds what is good(A)
    and receives favor from the Lord.(B)

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14 House and wealth are an (A)inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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14 A house and self-sufficiency are a father’s inheritance,
    but from the Lord comes an insightful wife.

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14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,(A)
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(B)

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18 (A)Discipline your son while there is hope,
And do not desire [a]his death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:18 Lit causing him to die

18 Discipline your son while there is still hope—
    but don’t set your heart on his destruction.

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18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
    do not be a willing party to their death.(A)

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A righteous person who (A)walks in his integrity—
(B)How blessed are his sons after him.

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The righteous person lives a life of integrity;
    happy are his children who follow him!

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The righteous lead blameless lives;(A)
    blessed are their children after them.(B)

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(A)Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Lit according to his way

Train a child in the way appropriate for him,
    and when he becomes older, he will not turn from it.

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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;
The (A)rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

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15 A child’s heart has a tendency to do wrong,
    but the rod of discipline removes it far away 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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13 (A)Do not withhold discipline from a child;
Though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall strike him with the rod
And (B)rescue his soul from Sheol.

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13 Don’t withhold discipline from a child;
    if you punish him with a rod,
        he won’t die.
14 Punish him with a rod,
    and you will rescue his soul from Sheol.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 23:14 I.e. the realm of the dead

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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11 (A)Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
So that I may (B)reply to one who taunts me.

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11 Be wise, my son, and make me happy,
    so I can reply to anyone who insults me.

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11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;(A)
    then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.(B)

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A man who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who (B)involves himself with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

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The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
    but anyone who consorts with immoral women squanders his wealth.

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A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,(A)
    but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.(B)

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