and I have seen among (A)the simple,
    I have perceived among the youths,
    a young man (B)lacking sense,

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and I have seen among the simple,
    I have perceived among the youths,
    a young man without sense,

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(A)Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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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,
    but (A)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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

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13 Do not withhold (A)discipline from a child;
    (B)if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you strike him with the rod,
    you will (C)save his soul from Sheol.

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13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
    if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you beat him with the rod
    you will save his life from Sheol.

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15 (A)The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a child left to himself (B)brings shame to his mother.

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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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