And saw among the simple,
I perceived among the [a]youths,
A young man (A)devoid[b] of understanding,

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

and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youth, a young man void of understanding,

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(A)Train up a child in the way he should go,
[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Even

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
(A)The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

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15 Foolishness is bound into the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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13 (A)Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from [a]hell.

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  1. Proverbs 23:14 Or Sheol

13 Withhold not correction from the child, for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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15 The rod and rebuke give (A)wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

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