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Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
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You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell.
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My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice--indeed, I myself;
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Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things.
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Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;
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For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.
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Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way
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Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
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For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags
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Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
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Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.