17 (A)He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord,
And He will pay back what he has given.

18 (B)Chasten your son while there is hope,
And do not set your heart [a]on his destruction.

19 A man of great wrath will suffer punishment;
For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:18 Lit. to put him to death; a Jewish tradition on his crying

17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,(A)
    and he will reward them for what they have done.(B)

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

19 A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;
    rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

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17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

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