Proverbs 7:7
Lexham English Bible
7 And I saw among the simple,
I observed among the youth,
a young man lacking sense,[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:7 Literally “heart”
Proverbs 7:7
American Standard Version
7 And I beheld among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
A young man void of understanding,
Proverbs 22:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Train the child concerning his way;[a]
even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:6 Literally “on the mouth of his way”
Proverbs 22:6
American Standard Version
6 Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:6 Hebrew according to his way.
Proverbs 22:15
Lexham English Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:15 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 22:15 Or “young man,” or “adolescent”
- Proverbs 22:15 That is, folly
Proverbs 22:15
American Standard Version
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Lexham English Bible
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child,
if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 As for you, with the rod you shall beat him,
and his life[a] you will save from Sheol.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:14 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
- Proverbs 23:14 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
Proverbs 23:13-14
American Standard Version
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:13 Or, though
Proverbs 29:15
Lexham English Bible
15 As for a rod and reproof, they[a] will give wisdom,
but a neglected child is disgraced by his mother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:15 Hebrew “it”
Proverbs 29:15
American Standard Version
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom;
But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
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