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17 If you correct your children,
they will bring you peace
    and happiness.

18 Without guidance from God
    law and order disappear,
but God blesses everyone
    who obeys his Law.
19 (A) Even when servants are smart,
it takes more than words
    to make them obey.

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

18 Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;
    but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.(B)

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

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