And I saw among the (A)naive,
And discerned among the [a]youths
A young man (B)lacking [b]sense,

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  1. Proverbs 7:7 Lit sons
  2. Proverbs 7:7 Lit heart

and I saw among the simple ones,
    I observed among the youths,
    a young man without sense,(A)

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(A)Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Lit according to his way

Train children in the right way,
    and when old, they will not stray.(A)

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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The (A)rod of discipline will remove 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 away.(A)

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13 (A)Do not withhold discipline from a child;
Though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall strike him with the rod
And (B)rescue his soul from Sheol.

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13 Do not withhold discipline from your children;
    if you beat them with a rod, they will not die.(A)
14 If you beat them with the rod,
    you will save their lives from Sheol.

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15 The (A)rod and a rebuke give wisdom,
But a child [a]who gets his own way (B)brings shame to his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit left to himself

15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.(A)

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