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16 With the increase of the wicked, transgression will increase,
    but the righteous will look on his downfall.
17 Discipline your children, and they will give you rest,
    and they will give delight to your soul.[a]
18 When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint,
    but as for he who guards instruction, happiness is his.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:17 Or “life,” or “inner self”