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Train up a child in the way he should go,
    and when he is old he will not depart from 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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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 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but (A)the rod of discipline drives 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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Footnotes

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

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

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

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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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