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13 A wise child loves discipline,[a]
    but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.(A)
From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things,
    but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.

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  1. 13.1 Cn: Heb A wise child the discipline of his father

13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.(A)

From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,(B)
    but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

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