⁷ I saw among the simple,
    I noticed among the young men,
    a youth who had no sense.^(A)

⁶ Start^(A) children off on the way they should go,^(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.^(C)

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.^(A)

¹⁵ A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
    but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.^(A)