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17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD — and he will repay you!
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Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.
18 Discipline your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives.
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Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.
19 Hot-tempered people must pay the penalty. If you rescue them once, you will have to do it again.
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A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; rescue them, and you will have to do it again.
20 Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.
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Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
21 You can make many plans, but the LORD ’s purpose will prevail.
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Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
22 Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be poor than dishonest.
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What a person desires is unfailing love ; better to be poor than a liar.
23 Fear of the LORD leads to life, bringing security and protection from harm.
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The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.
24 Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
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A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
25 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson; if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
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Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.
26 Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
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Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
27 If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.
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Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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