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30:1  The person who loves his sons will discipline them often so that he may be glad about how they turn out.
30:2  Whoever instructs his sons will benefit from them, and he will boast about them among his acquaintances.
30:3  The person who teaches his sons will make his enemy jealous, but among his friends he will rejoice over them.
30:4  When their father passes away, it is as if he hadn’t died, because he left behind sons who are like him.
30:5  When he was alive, he saw them and was glad, and at his end, he wasn’t grieved.
30:6  He was survived by those who would avenge him against his enemies and who would repay kindness to his friends.
30:7  A parent who spoils children now will end up tending to their wounds, and will experience heartache at every outcry.
30:8  A horse that is unbroken turns out stubborn, and a child, when given free rein, turns out reckless.
30:9  Indulge children, and they will terrorize you; play with them, and they will grieve you.
30:10  Don’t laugh together with them, so that you don’t suffer together and in the end grind your teeth in regret.
30:11  Don’t give them free rein in their youth.
30:12  Bruise their sides while they are still young, or else they will become stubborn and disobey you.
30:13  Educate your children, and work on them, so that you don’t end up offended by their shameful behavior.
30:14  It is better to be poor, but healthy and strong, than a rich person whose body is afflicted.
30:15  Being healthy and fit is better than any gold, and a strong spirit is better than untold riches.
30:16  No wealth is better than a healthy body, and no gladness is better than happiness in one’s heart.
30:17  Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest is better than chronic illness.
30:18  Good things that are poured out on a closed mouth are the same as food offerings placed on a grave.
30:19  Of what use is an offering of fruit to an idol? It can’t eat or smell. The person whom the Lord punishes is like this,
30:20  looking with the eyes and groaning like a eunuch who embraces a young woman and groans.
30:21  Don’t let grief take you over, and don’t distress yourself on purpose.
30:22  A joyful heart means life for a human being, and a person’s rejoicing provides long life.
30:23  Distract yourself, cheer yourself up, and keep grief far away from you because grief has destroyed many, and there’s no benefit in it.
30:24  Jealousy and anger shorten a person’s life, and anxiety brings old age before its time.
30:25  Those who are cheerful and contented at meals will attend well to their food.