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11 My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline,
    neither be weary of his correction;
12 for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects,
    even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

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17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction,
    but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

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12 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge,
    but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline,
    but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

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24 One who spares the rod hates his son,
    but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

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A fool despises his father’s correction,
    but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

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10 There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way:
    whoever hates reproof shall die.

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12 A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved;
    he will not go to the wise.

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32 He who refuses correction despises his own soul,
    but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

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18 Discipline your son, for there is hope;
    don’t be a willing party to his death.

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30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil,
    and beatings purge the innermost parts.

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

15 The rod of correction gives wisdom,
    but a child left to himself causes 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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19 A servant can’t be corrected by words.
    Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

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21 He who pampers his servant from youth
    will have him become a son in the end.

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