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17 Caring for the poor
is lending to the Lord,
    and you will be well repaid.
18 Correct your children
    before it's too late;
if you don't punish them,
    trouble will come their way.[a]
19 People with bad tempers
    are always in trouble,
and they need help
    over and over again.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 19.18 if … way: Or “but be careful not to punish them too harshly.”
  2. 19.19 and they … again: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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