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1002 B
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child
"The heart of a child is full of foolish things"
the rod of discipline
The writer speaks of a parent using any form of discipline as if that parent were hitting the child with a wooden rod. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
drives it far away
The writer speaks as if foolishness were a person that another person could use a physical rod to drive away. AT: "will make a child wise" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
to increase his wealth
"to become richer" or "to gain more money"
gives to rich people
"gives money to rich people"
will come to poverty
This is an idiom. AT: "will become poor" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)