Proverbs 7:7
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And among the naive [the inexperienced and gullible],
I saw among the youths
A young man lacking [good] sense,
Proverbs 22:6
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Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents],
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.(A)
Proverbs 22:15
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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.
Proverbs 23:13-14
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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.
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You shall [b]swat him with the reed-like rod
And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:13 Lit smite.
- Proverbs 23:14 Lit smite.
Proverbs 29:15
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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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