Teach a youth about the way he should go;(A)
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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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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15 Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.(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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13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.(A)
14 Strike him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.(B)

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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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Notas al pie

  1. 23:14 Hebrew from Sheol.

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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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit youth sent away

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

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17 Discipline your son, and it will bring you peace of mind(A)
and give you delight.

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17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace of mind
    and will make your heart glad.

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