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17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,
    but one who rejects a rebuke goes astray.

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17 Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,(A)
    but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.(A)

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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.(A)

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13 A wise child loves discipline,[a]
    but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13.1 Cn: Heb A wise child the discipline of his father

13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.(A)

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18 Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction,
    but one who heeds reproof is honored.(A)

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18 Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,(A)
    but whoever heeds correction is honored.(B)

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A fool despises a parent’s instruction,
    but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.(A)

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A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)

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10 There is severe discipline for one who forsakes the way;
    one who hates a rebuke will die.(A)

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10 Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;
    the one who hates correction will die.(A)

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12 Scoffers do not like to be rebuked;
    they will not go to the wise.(A)

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12 Mockers resent correction,(A)
    so they avoid the wise.

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31 The ear that heeds wholesome admonition
    will lodge among the wise.
32 Those who ignore instruction despise themselves,
    but those who heed admonition gain understanding.(A)

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31 Whoever heeds life-giving correction
    will be at home among the wise.(A)

32 Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,(B)
    but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.(C)

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10 A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom for the future.(A)

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20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

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27 My child, stop ignoring instruction,
    straying[a] from words of knowledge.

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  1. 19.27 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,(A)
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
    beatings make clean the innermost parts.

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30 Blows and wounds scrub(A) away evil,
    and beatings(B) purge the inmost being.

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12 Apply your mind to instruction
    and your ear to words of knowledge.(A)

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Saying 12

12 Apply your heart to instruction(A)
    and your ears to words of knowledge.

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