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And I saw among the simple,
    I observed among the youth,
    a young man lacking sense,[a]

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  1. Proverbs 7:7 Literally “heart”

I saw some naive young men,
    and one in particular who lacked common sense.

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Train the child concerning his way;[a]
    even when he is old, he will not stray from it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Literally “on the mouth of his way”

Direct your children onto the right path,
    and when they are older, they will not leave it.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart[a] of a boy;[b]
    the rod of discipline will drive it[c] from him.

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  1. Proverbs 22:15 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 22:15 Or “young man,” or “adolescent”
  3. Proverbs 22:15 That is, folly

15 A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,
    but physical discipline will drive it far away.

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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]

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  1. Proverbs 23:14 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 23:14 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld

13 Don’t fail to discipline your children.
    The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
14 Physical discipline
    may well save them from death.[a]

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  1. 23:14 Hebrew from Sheol.

15 As for a rod and reproof, they[a] will give wisdom,
    but a neglected child is disgraced by his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Hebrew “it”

15 To discipline a child produces wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.

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