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Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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Proverbs 18:22
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22 He who finds a wife finds what is good,
gaining favor from the Lord.
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 favour of the Lord.
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Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and riches are an inheritance from one’s ancestors,
but an insightful wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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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 19:18
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Proverbs 19:18
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18 Discipline your children while there is hope,
but don’t plan to kill them.
Proverbs 19:18
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Proverbs 19:18
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18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
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Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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7 The righteous live with integrity;
happy are their children who come after them.
Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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Proverbs 22:6
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Proverbs 22:6
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Proverbs 22:6
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Proverbs 22:6
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6 Train children in the way they should go;
when they grow old, they won’t depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
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Proverbs 22:6
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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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 22:15
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Proverbs 22:15
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15 Folly is bound up in a child’s heart;
the rod of discipline removes it.
Proverbs 22:15
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Proverbs 22:15
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15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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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 23:13-14
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Proverbs 23:13-14
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13 Don’t withhold instruction from children;
if you strike them with a rod, they won’t die.
14 Strike them with a rod,
and you will save their lives from the grave.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:14 Heb Sheol
Proverbs 23:13-14
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Proverbs 23:13-14
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13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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Proverbs 27:11
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Proverbs 27:11
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Proverbs 27:11
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Proverbs 27:11
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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so I can answer those who insult me.
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.
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Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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3 A man who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
but one who spends time with prostitutes destroys riches.
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 spendeth his substance.
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