Proverbs 7:7
English Standard Version
7 and I have seen among (A)the simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man (B)lacking sense,
Proverbs 7:7
Common English Bible
7 I looked among the naive young men
and noticed among the youth, one who had no sense.
Proverbs 22:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
Common English Bible
6 Train children in the way they should go;
when they grow old, they won’t depart from it.
Proverbs 22:15
English Standard Version
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but (A)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
Common English Bible
15 Folly is bound up in a child’s heart;
the rod of discipline removes it.
Proverbs 23:13-14
English Standard Version
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.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Common English Bible
13 Don’t withhold instruction from children;
if you strike them with a rod, they won’t die.
14 Strike them with a rod,
and you will save their lives from the grave.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:14 Heb Sheol
Proverbs 29:15
English Standard Version
Proverbs 29:15
Common English Bible
15 The rod and correction lead to wisdom,
but children out of control shame their mothers.
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