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I saw some naive young men,
    and one in particular who lacked common sense.

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and I saw among the simple ones,
    I observed among the youths,
    a young man without sense,(A)

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

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Train children in the right way,
    and when old, they will not stray.(A)

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15 A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,
    but physical discipline will drive it far away.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline drives it far away.(A)

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13 Don’t fail to discipline your children.
    The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
14 Physical discipline
    may well save them from death.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 23:14 Hebrew from Sheol.

13 Do not withhold discipline from your children;
    if you beat them with a rod, they will not die.(A)
14 If you beat them with the rod,
    you will save their lives from Sheol.

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15 To discipline a child produces wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.

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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.(A)

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