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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24 He who (A)withholds his [a]rod hates his son,
But he who loves him [b](B)disciplines him diligently.

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  1. Proverbs 13:24 I.e., correction or discipline
  2. Proverbs 13:24 Lit seeks him diligently with discipline

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

14 All these (A)were continually devoting themselves with one [a]mind to prayer, along with (B)the women, and Mary the (C)mother of Jesus, and with His (D)brothers.

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  1. Acts 1:14 Or purpose

And his father had never rebuked him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man, and [a](A)he was born after Absalom.

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  1. 1 Kings 1:6 Lit she gave him birth

It is for discipline that you endure; (A)God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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Be like Christ

Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any (A)fellowship of the Spirit, if any [a](B)affection and compassion, (C)make my joy complete [b]by (D)being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing [c]from [d](E)selfishness or (F)empty conceit, but with humility (G)consider one another as more important than yourselves;

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:1 Lit inward parts
  2. Philippians 2:2 Lit that you be
  3. Philippians 2:3 Lit according to
  4. Philippians 2:3 Or contentiousness

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