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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
    the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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

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13 Don’t withhold correction from a child.
    If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Punish him with the rod,
    and save his soul from Sheol.[a]

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  1. 23:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.

13 (A)Do not withhold discipline from a child;
Though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall strike him with the rod
And (B)rescue his soul from Sheol.

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15 The rod of correction gives wisdom,
    but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

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15 The (A)rod and a rebuke give wisdom,
But a child [a]who gets his own way (B)brings shame to his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit left to himself

17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace;
    yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

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17 (A)Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
He will also [a](B)delight your soul.

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  1. Proverbs 29:17 Lit give delight to

19 A servant can’t be corrected by words.
    Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

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

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21 He who pampers his servant from youth
    will have him become a son in the end.

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21 One who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be rebellious.

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