Chasten: Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 22:15, Proverbs 23:13-14, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 29:17; Hebrews 12:7-10
for his crying: or, to his destruction, or, to cause him to die
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Proverbs 19:18
Proverbs 19:18
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