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22 The man who finds a wife finds a treasure,
    and he receives favor from the Lord.

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22 He who finds (A)a wife finds (B)a good thing
    and (C)obtains favor (D)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 Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,
    but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.

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

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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 Discipline your children while there is hope.
    Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

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18 (A)Discipline your son, for there is hope;
    do not set your heart on (B)putting him to death.

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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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The godly walk with integrity;
    blessed are their children who follow them.

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The righteous who (A)walks in his integrity—
    (B)blessed are his children after him!

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

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Direct your children onto the right path,
    and when they are older, they will not leave it.

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(A)Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart 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 A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,
    but physical discipline will drive it far away.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but (A)the rod of discipline drives 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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13 Don’t fail to discipline your children.
    The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
14 Physical discipline
    may well save them from death.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 23:14 Hebrew from Sheol.

13 Do not withhold (A)discipline from a child;
    (B)if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you strike him with the rod,
    you will (C)save his soul from Sheol.

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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)

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11 Be wise, my child,[a] and make my heart glad.
    Then I will be able to answer my critics.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:11 Hebrew my son.

11 (A)Be wise, (B)my son, and (C)make my heart glad,
    that I may (D)answer him who reproaches 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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The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
    but if he hangs around with prostitutes, his wealth is wasted.

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He who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
    but (B)a companion of prostitutes (C)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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