Proverbs 19:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁸Discipline your children while there is hope;
    do not set your heart on their destruction.
¹⁹A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty;
    if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.^[a]
²⁰Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom for the future.

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Proverbs 19:19 Meaning of Heb uncertain

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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