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

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

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit youth sent away

17 Discipline your children, and they will give you rest;
    they will give delight to your heart.(A)

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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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