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24 Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children.
    Those who love their children care enough to discipline them.

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24 (A)Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
    but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:24 Or who loves him disciplines him early

14 A wise woman builds her home,
    but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

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14 (A)The wisest of women (B)builds her house,
    but folly with her own hands (C)tears it down.

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Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
    parents[a] are the pride of their children.

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  1. 17:6 Hebrew fathers.

(A)Grandchildren are (B)the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of children is their fathers.

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18 Discipline your children while there is hope.
    Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

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18 (A)Discipline your son, for there is hope;
    do not set your heart on (B)putting him to death.

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The godly walk with integrity;
    blessed are their children who follow them.

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The righteous who (A)walks in his integrity—
    (B)blessed are his children after him!

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Direct your children onto the right path,
    and when they are older, they will not leave it.

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(A)Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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13 Don’t fail to discipline your children.
    The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
14 Physical discipline
    may well save them from death.[a]

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  1. 23:14 Hebrew from Sheol.

13 Do not withhold (A)discipline from a child;
    (B)if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you strike him with the rod,
    you will (C)save his soul from Sheol.

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15 To discipline a child produces wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.

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

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17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace of mind
    and will make your heart glad.

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

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