18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
    do not be a willing party to their death.(A)

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18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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

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

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.(A)

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15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
(A)The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

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Saying 13

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
    if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 Punish them with the rod
    and save them from death.(A)

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13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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13 (A)Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from [a]hell.

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  1. Proverbs 23:14 Or Sheol

15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
    but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)

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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

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15 The rod and rebuke give (A)wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;
    they will bring you the delights you desire.(A)

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17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest;
Yes, he will give delight to your soul.

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Fathers,[a] do not exasperate your children;(A) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.(B)

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  1. Ephesians 6:4 Or Parents

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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And (A)you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but (B)bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

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Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(A) For what children are not disciplined by their father?

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If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

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(A)If[a] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what (B)son is there whom a father does not chasten?

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:7 NU, M It is for discipline that you endure; God