18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
    do not be a willing party to their death.(A)

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18 (A)Chasten your son while there is hope,
And do not set your heart [a]on his destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:18 Lit. to put him to death; a Jewish tradition on his crying

17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;
    they will bring you the delights you desire.(A)

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17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest;
Yes, he will give delight to your soul.

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