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18 Discipline your child, for there is hope,
    but on his destruction do not set your desire.[a]
19 A hot-tempered person pays a penalty;
    if you rescue him, you will do it yet again.
20 Listen to advice and accept instruction
    so that you will gain wisdom for your future.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:18 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 19:20 Literally “after things

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

19 A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;
    rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(B)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(C)

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