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 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
(A)The rod of correction will drive 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 (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 (A)Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from [a]hell.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:14 Or Sheol

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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15 The (A)rod and a rebuke give wisdom,
But a child [a]who gets his own way (B)brings shame to his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit left to himself

15 The rod and rebuke give (A)wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
    but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)

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17 (A)Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
He will also [a](B)delight your soul.

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  1. Proverbs 29:17 Lit give delight to

17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest;
Yes, he will give delight to your soul.

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17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;
    they will bring you the delights you desire.(A)

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19 A slave will not be instructed by words alone;
For though he understands, there will be no response.

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19 A servant will not be corrected by mere words;
For though he understands, he will not respond.

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19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;
    though they understand, they will not respond.

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21 One who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be rebellious.

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21 He who pampers his servant from childhood
Will have him as a son in the end.

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21 A servant pampered from youth
    will turn out to be insolent.

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