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17 If you correct your children, they will give you peace.
    They will bring you the delights you desire.

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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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25 She puts on strength and honor as if they were her clothes.
    She can laugh at the days that are coming.
26 She speaks wisely.
    She teaches faithfully.
27 She watches over family matters.
    She is busy all the time.
28 Her children stand up and call her blessed.
    Her husband also rises up, and he praises her.
29 He says, “Many women do excellent things.
    But you are better than all the others.”
30 Charm can fool you. Beauty fades.
    But a woman who has respect for the Lord should be praised.
31 Give her honor for all that her hands have done.
    Let everything she has done bring praise to her at the city gate.

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25 She is clothed with strength and dignity;
    she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom,
    and faithful instruction is on her tongue.(A)
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
    but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
    and let her works bring her praise(B) at the city gate.

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