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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 I saw among the inexperienced,[a]
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:7 Or simple, or gullible, or naive
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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 Teach a youth about the way he should go;(A)
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.(A)
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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.(A)
14 Strike him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.(B)
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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom,(A)
but a youth left to himself[a]
is a disgrace to his mother.(B)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:15 Lit youth sent away
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