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and_o he_o shall_v give_v thou_o rest_v yea_o they_o be_v fruit_n oâ—_n parent_n love_v to_o their_o child_n heb._n 12._o 6_o 7._o prov._n 13._o 14._o he_o that_o love_v his_o son_n chasten_v he_o betimes_o what_o be_v they_o but_o god_n ordinance_n and_o appoint_v mean_n to_o rescue_v child_n from_o sin_n and_o ruin_v prov._n 23._o 13._o if_o thou_o beat_v he_o he_o shall_v not_o die_v v._o 14._o thou_o shall_v beat_v he_o and_o deliver_v his_o soul_n from_o hell_n prov._n 22._o 15._o foolishness_n be_v bind_v up_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o child_n but_o the_o rod_n of_o correction_n shall_v drive_v it_o out_o prov._n 29._o 15._o the_o rod_n and_o reproof_n give_v wisdom_n but_o a_o child_n leave_v to_o himself_o bring_v his_o mother_n to_o shame_n and_o in_o a_o word_n it_o will_v be_v great_a folly_n and_o danger_n to_o child_n not_o to_o yield_v and_o obediential_o to_o hearken_v to_o such_o rebuke_n prov._n 15._o 8._o a_o fool_n despise_v his_o father_n instruction_n and_o v._o 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the_o daughter_n of_o the_o philistine_n now_o therefore_o get_v she_o for_o i_o to_o wife_n and_o when_o his_o parent_n wise_o and_o faithful_o reply_v vers_fw-la 3._o be_v there_o never_o a_o daughter_n among_o all_o my_o people_n that_o thou_o go_v to_o take_v a_o wife_n of_o the_o uncircumcised_a philistine_n samson_n say_v to_o his_o father_n get_v she_o for_o i_o for_o she_o please_v i_o or_o be_v right_a enough_o in_o my_o eye_n some_o child_n be_v grow_v to_o such_o a_o height_n of_o disobedience_n as_o they_o be_v grow_v stubborn_a resolute_a &_o wilful_a in_o their_o disobedience_n they_o be_v long_o habituate_v in_o it_o they_o will_v not_o now_o be_v counsel_v command_v reprove_v or_o correct_v by_o parent_n they_o be_v above_o that_o they_o be_v pass_v that_o they_o will_v be_v no_o long_o curb_v or_o control_v not_o they_o by_o mother_n or_o father_n either_o but_o little_a do_v you_o consider_v what_o a_o black_a brand_n you_o do_v carry_v herein_o upon_o yourselves_o 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