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

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and I noticed among the naïve—
    that is, I discerned among the youths—
        a senseless young man.

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

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Train a child in the way appropriate for him,
    and when he becomes older, he will not turn from it.

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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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15 A child’s heart has a tendency to do wrong,
    but the rod of discipline removes it far away from him.

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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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13 Don’t withhold discipline from a child;
    if you punish him with a rod,
        he won’t die.
14 Punish him with a rod,
    and you will rescue his soul from Sheol.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:14 I.e. the realm of the dead

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

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15 The rod and rebuke bestow wisdom,
    but an undisciplined child[a] brings shame to his mother.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit. but a child left alone