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

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

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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 inherited from parents,
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(A)

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14 A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,(A)
but a prudent wife is 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;
    do not set your heart on their destruction.(A)

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18 Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t set your heart on being the cause of his death.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:18 Lit don’t lift up your soul to his death

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 righteous walk in integrity—
    happy are the children who follow them!(A)

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A righteous person acts with integrity;(A)
his children who come after him will be happy.(B)

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

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Train children in the right way,
    and when old, they will not stray.(A)

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Start a youth out on his way;(A)
even when he grows 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 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline drives it far away.(A)

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15 Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;
a rod of discipline will separate it from him.(A)

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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 Do not withhold discipline from your children;
    if you beat them with a rod, they will not die.(A)
14 If you beat them with the rod,
    you will save their lives from Sheol.

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13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.(A)
14 Punish him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.(B)

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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, and make my heart glad,
    so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.(A)

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11 Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy,(A)
so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.(B)

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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 child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
    but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.(A)

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A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,(A)
but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.(B)

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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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