18 (A)Chasten your son while there is hope,
And do not set your heart [a]on his destruction.

19 A man of great wrath will suffer punishment;
For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction,
That you may be wise (B)in your latter days.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:18 Lit. to put him to death; a Jewish tradition on his crying

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