²³ A poor person’s ·field [soil] might produce plenty of food,
but ·others often steal it away [^Lit is unjustly swept away].

²⁴ If you ·do not punish your children [^Lwithhold/^Tspare the rod], you ·don’t love them [hate your children/son],
but if you love your children, you will ·correct [discipline] them.

²⁵ ·Good [Righteous] people ·have enough to eat [eat till they are full/satisfied],
but the ·wicked will go hungry [^Lstomachs of the wicked will be empty].