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23 Do you have sons? Correct them
    and cure their stubbornness[a] in their early youth.(A)

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  1. 7:23 Cure their stubbornness: keep them from rebellious pride; so with the Greek. Cf. 30:1–13. The Hebrew text, probably not original here, reads: “Choose wives for them while they are young.”
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14 Beat them with the rod,(A)
    and you will save them from Sheol.

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14 Punish them with the rod
    and save them from death.(A)

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