And I saw among the [a](A)naive,
And discerned among the [b]youths
A young man (B)lacking [c]sense,

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  1. Proverbs 7:7 Lit simple ones
  2. Proverbs 7:7 Lit sons
  3. Proverbs 7:7 Lit heart

(A)Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Lit according to his way

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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13 (A)Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you [a]strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall [b]strike him with the rod
And (B)rescue his soul from Sheol.

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  1. Proverbs 23:13 Lit smite
  2. Proverbs 23:14 Lit smite

15 The (A)rod and reproof give wisdom,
But a child [a]who gets his own way (B)brings shame to his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit left to himself