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18 Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.
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Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.
19 A violent tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only 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, that you may gain wisdom for the future.
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Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
21 The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
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Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
22 What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and 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 is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.
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The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.
24 The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to the 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 a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, 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 do violence to their father and chase away their mother are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
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Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
27 Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge, in order that you may hear instruction.
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Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28 A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
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A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
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