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10 Don’t laugh together with them,
    so that you don’t suffer together
        and in the end
        grind your teeth in regret.
11 Don’t give them free rein in their youth.[a]
12     Bruise their sides
    while they are still young,
    or else they will become stubborn
    and disobey you.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 30:11 LXXb adds 30:11b-12a and don’t overlook his mistakes. In his youth, bow down his neck.

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