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15 
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline [correction administered with godly wisdom and lovingkindness] will remove it far from him.

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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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13 
Do not withhold discipline from the child;
If you [a]swat him with a reed-like rod [applied with godly wisdom], he will not die.
14 
You shall [b]swat him with the reed-like rod
And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:13 Lit smite.
  2. Proverbs 23:14 Lit smite.

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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15 
The rod and reproof (godly instruction) give wisdom,
But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit left to himself

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

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17 (A)Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
He will also [a](B)delight your soul.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:17 Lit give delight to

19 
A servant will not be corrected by words alone;
For though he understands, he will not respond [nor pay attention].

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19 A slave will not be instructed by words alone;
For though he understands, there will be no response.

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21 
He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will find him to be a son in the end.

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21 One who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be rebellious.

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