And I saw among the (A)naive,
And discerned among the [a]youths
A young man (B)lacking [b]sense,

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  1. Proverbs 7:7 Lit sons
  2. Proverbs 7:7 Lit heart

I saw among the inexperienced,[a]
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.

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  1. 7:7 Or simple, or gullible, or naive

(A)Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Lit according to his way

Start a youth out on his way;(A)
even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The (A)rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

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15 Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;
a rod of discipline will separate it from him.(A)

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13 (A)Do not withhold discipline from a child;
Though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall strike him with the rod
And (B)rescue his soul from Sheol.

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13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.(A)
14 Punish him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.(B)

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15 The (A)rod and a rebuke give wisdom,
But a child [a]who gets his own way (B)brings shame to his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit left to himself

15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom,(A)
but a youth left to himself[a]
is a disgrace to his mother.(B)

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  1. 29:15 Lit youth sent away