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Do not withhold 1discipline from a child; 2if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
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If you strike him with the rod, you will 3save his soul from Sheol.
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4My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
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My 5inmost being will exult when your lips speak 6what is right.
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Let not your heart 7envy sinners, but continue in 8the fear of the LORD all the day.
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Surely 9there is a future, and your 10hope will not be cut off.
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Hear, my son, and 11be wise, and 12direct your heart in the way.
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Be not among 13drunkards or among 14gluttonous eaters of meat,
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for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and 15slumber will clothe them with rags
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16Listen to your father who gave you life, 17and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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18Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
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19The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
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20Let your father and mother be glad; let 21her who bore you rejoice.
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My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
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For a prostitute is 22a deep pit; 23an adulteress is a narrow 24well.
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25She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.
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26Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has 27wounds without cause? Who has 28redness of eyes?
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Those who 29tarry long over wine; those who go to try 30mixed wine.
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Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
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In the end it 31bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
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Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter 32perverse things.
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You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.
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"They 33struck me," you will say,"but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I 34must have another drink."