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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
The (A)rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

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15 A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,
    but physical discipline will drive it far away.

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13 (A)Do not withhold discipline from the child,
Although you [a]strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall [b]strike him with the rod
And (B)deliver his soul from Sheol.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:13 Lit smite
  2. Proverbs 23:14 Lit smite

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.

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

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit set loose

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

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

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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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19 A slave will not be corrected by words alone;
For though he understands, there will be no answer.

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19 Words alone will not discipline a servant;
    the words may be understood, but they are not heeded.

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21 He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be [a]arrogant.

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  1. Proverbs 29:21 Or a son

21 A servant pampered from childhood
    will become a rebel.

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