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15 ·Every child is full of foolishness [L Stupidity/Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child],
but ·punishment can get rid of it [L the rod of discipline drives it far from them].

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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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13 Don’t ·fail to punish [L withhold instruction/discipline from] children.
    If you ·spank them [L strike them with a rod], they won’t die.
14 If you ·spank them [L strike them with a rod],
    you will save ·them from death [L their lives from Sheol/the grave].

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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.

15 Correction and ·punishment [L the rod] make children wise,
but those ·left alone [unsupervised] will disgrace their mother.

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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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17 ·Correct [Instruct; Discipline] your children, and ·you will be proud [they will give you peace of mind];
they will give you ·satisfaction [delight].

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

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19 Words alone cannot ·correct [instruct] a servant,
because even if they understand, they won’t respond.

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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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21 If you ·spoil [pamper] your servants when they are young,
they will bring you ·grief [trouble] later on.

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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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