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11 My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline,
    and don’t be upset when he corrects you.
12 For the Lord corrects those he loves,
    just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.[a]

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  1. 3:12 Greek version reads loves, / and he punishes those he accepts as his children. Compare Heb 12:6.

Happy Is the One Who Finds Wisdom

11 Do not despise the discipline of Yahweh, my child.
    Do not be weary of his reproof
12 because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke,
    as a father delights in his son.

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17 People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life,
    but those who ignore correction will go astray.

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17 On the path to life is he who guards instruction,
    but he who rejects rebuke goes astray.

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12 To learn, you must love discipline;
    it is stupid to hate correction.

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12 He who loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but he who hates rebuke is stupid.

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18 If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace;
    if you accept correction, you will be honored.

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18 Poverty and disgrace belong to him who ignores instruction,
    but he who guards reproof will be honored.

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24 Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children.
    Those who love their children care enough to discipline them.

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24 He who withholds his rod hates his child,
    but he who loves him gives him[a] discipline.

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  1. Proverbs 13:24 Literally “visits him”

Only a fool despises a parent’s[a] discipline;
    whoever learns from correction is wise.

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  1. 15:5 Hebrew father’s.

A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
    but he who guards reproof is prudent.

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10 Whoever abandons the right path will be severely disciplined;
    whoever hates correction will die.

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10 Severe discipline belongs to him who forsakes the way;
    he who hates a rebuke will die.

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12 Mockers hate to be corrected,
    so they stay away from the wise.

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12 A scoffer does not like his rebuke;[a]
    to the wise he will not go.

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  1. Proverbs 15:12 Literally “rebuke belonging to him”

32 If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself;
    but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.

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32 He who ignores instruction despises himself,[a]
    but he who hears admonition gains heart.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 15:32 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 15:32 Or “mind”

18 Discipline your children while there is hope.
    Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

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18 Discipline your child, for there is hope,
    but on his destruction do not set your desire.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:18 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

30 Physical punishment cleanses away evil;[a]
    such discipline purifies the heart.

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  1. 20:30 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

30 The blows of a wound will cleanse evil,
    as will[a] beatings of the innermost part.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 20:30 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 20:30 Literally “parts of the inmost”

Direct your children onto the right path,
    and when they are older, they will not leave it.

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Train the child concerning his way;[a]
    even when he is old, he will not stray from it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Literally “on the mouth of his way”