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17 Correct your children whenever they are wrong. Then you will always be proud of them. They will never make you ashamed.

18 If a nation is not guided by God, the people will lose self-control, but the nation that obeys God’s law will be happy.

19 Servants will not learn a lesson if you only talk to them. They might understand you, but they will not 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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