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Train up a child in the way he should go,
    and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Hebrew according to his way.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
    the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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13 Don’t withhold correction from a child.
    If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Punish him with the rod,
    and save his soul from Sheol.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 23:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.

13 Withhold not correction from the child;
For [a]if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

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  1. Proverbs 23:13 Or, though

15 The rod of correction gives wisdom,
    but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom;
But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

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17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace;
    yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

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17 Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest;
Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

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