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Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.
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Verse 18. Killing. Prot. “crying;” or by his complaint be not deterred. Bible.—Chal. agrees with us. The law permitted parents to sell their children, and to have them stoned to death, if they declared them disobedient, (Deuteronomy 21:18. Calmet.) and riotous, verse 20. Timely chastisement may prevent such extremities. Bible.—Saint Paul dissuades unnecessary severity. Colossians 3:21.
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