17 Discipline your son, and it will bring you peace of mind(A)
and give you delight.

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17 Discipline your children, and they will give you rest,
    and they will give delight to your soul.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 29:17 Or “life,” or “inner self”

25 Strength(A) and honor are her clothing,(B)
and she can laugh at the time to come.(C)
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom
and loving instruction[a] is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the activities of her household(D)
and is never idle.[b]
28 Her sons rise up and call her blessed.
Her husband also praises her:
29 “Many women[c] are capable,
but you surpass them all!”(E)
30 Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting,(F)
but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.
31 Give her the reward of her labor,[d]
and let her works praise her at the city gates.

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  1. Proverbs 31:26 Or and the teaching of kindness
  2. Proverbs 31:27 Lit and does not eat the bread of idleness
  3. Proverbs 31:29 Lit daughters
  4. Proverbs 31:31 Lit the fruit of her hands

25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
    and she laughs at the future.[a]
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
    and instruction of kindness is upon her tongue.
27 She looks after the ways of her household,
    and the bread of idleness she will not eat.
28 Her children rise and consider her happy,
    her husband[b] also, and he praises her;
29 “Many daughters have done excellence,[c]
    but you surpass[d] all of them.”
30 Charm[e] is deceit and beauty[f] is vain;[g]
    but a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.
31 Give to her from the fruit of her hand,
    and may they praise her works in the city gates.

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  1. Proverbs 31:25 Literally “to the day/time coming after”
  2. Proverbs 31:28 Or “lord”
  3. Proverbs 31:29 Or “strength,” or “valor,” or “ability,” or “efficiency”
  4. Proverbs 31:29 Literally “you ascend over”
  5. Proverbs 31:30 Hebrew “The charm”
  6. Proverbs 31:30 Hebrew “the beauty”
  7. Proverbs 31:30 Or “vapor,” or “emptiness,” or “breath”