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Proverbs 23:13
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:13 · King James Version
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Proverbs 23:13 in other translations
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Do not withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
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In context
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
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