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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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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.

15 To discipline a child produces wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.

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17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace of mind
    and will make your heart glad.

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19 Words alone will not discipline a servant;
    the words may be understood, but they are not heeded.

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21 A servant pampered from childhood
    will become a rebel.

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