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 7:7
Lexham English Bible
7 And I saw among the simple,
I observed among the youth,
a young man lacking sense,[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:7 Literally “heart”
Proverbs 22:6
Evangelical Heritage Version
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 22:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Train the child concerning his way;[a]
even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:6 Literally “on the mouth of his way”
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 22:15
Lexham English Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:15 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 22:15 Or “young man,” or “adolescent”
- Proverbs 22:15 That is, folly
Proverbs 23:13-14
Evangelical Heritage Version
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 23:13-14
Lexham English Bible
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child,
if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 As for you, with the rod you shall beat him,
and his life[a] you will save from Sheol.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:14 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
- Proverbs 23:14 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
Proverbs 29:15
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 A rod used for discipline gives wisdom,
but an undisciplined child disgraces his mother.
Proverbs 29:15
Lexham English Bible
15 As for a rod and reproof, they[a] will give wisdom,
but a neglected child is disgraced by his mother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:15 Hebrew “it”
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