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18 Discipline your son, for there is hope;
    but do not be intent on his death.[a](A)

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  1. 19:18 The pain of disciplining the young cannot be compared with the danger no discipline may bring. The chief reason for disciplining the young is their capacity to change; excluded thereby are revenge and punishment.

18 Discipline your children while there is hope;
    do not set your heart on their destruction.

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18 Correct your children
    before it's too late;
if you don't punish them,
    trouble will come their way.[a]

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  1. 19.18 if … way: Or “but be careful not to punish them too harshly.”

18 (A)Discipline your son while there is hope,
And do not desire [a]his death.

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  1. Proverbs 19:18 Lit causing him to die

18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
    do not be a willing party to their death.(A)

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