Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA
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18 Discipline your children while there is hope, but don't plan to kill them.
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Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.
19 Angry people must pay the penalty; if you rescue them, then 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 Listen to advice and accept instruction, so you might grow wise in the future.
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Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
21 Many plans are in a person's mind, but the LORD's purpose will succeed.
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Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
22 People long for trustworthiness; it is better to be poor than a liar.
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What a person desires is unfailing love ; better to be poor than a liar.
23 The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by harm.
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The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.
24 Lazy people bury their hand in the bowl; they won't even put 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 Strike someone who scoffs, and a naive person will become clever; correct someone with understanding, and they will gain knowledge.
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Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.
26 Those who assault their father and drive out their mother are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach.
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Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
27 If, my child, you stop listening to discipline, you will wander away from words of knowledge.
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Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28 A worthless witness mocks justice; the wicked mouth gulps down trouble.
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A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
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