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Proverbs 7:7
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 7:7
Evangelical Heritage Version
7 I was watching the gullible[a] people.
Among the young men I noticed a youth without sense.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:7 Or naïve
Proverbs 22:6
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Proverbs 22:6
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6 Dedicate[a] a child to the way he should go,
and even when he becomes old, he will not turn away from it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:6 Or consecrate. The Hebrew word used here is not one of the usual words for teaching or training, but it is the same word used for dedicating a temple. It adds the connotation of entrusting the child to the Lord, as Hannah did.
Proverbs 22:15
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Proverbs 22:15
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 Foolishness is bound tightly to a child’s heart.
A rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13-14
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Proverbs 23:13-14
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13 Do not withhold discipline from a child,
for if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 Strike him yourself with a rod,
and you will rescue his soul from death.
Proverbs 29:15
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Proverbs 29:15
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15 A rod used for discipline gives wisdom,
but an undisciplined child disgraces his mother.
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