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24 He who spares the rod hates his son,
    but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

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14 Wisdom[a] builds her house,
but folly with her own hands tears it down.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:1 Heb Wisdom of women

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of sons is their fathers.

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18 Discipline your son while there is hope;
    do not set your heart on his destruction.

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A righteous man who walks in his integrity—
    blessed are his sons after him!

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Train up a child in the way he should go,
    and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
    if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you beat him with the rod
    you will save his life from Sheol.

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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
    he will give delight to your heart.

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