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Proverbs 23:13
Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Proverbs 23:13 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 23:13 in other translations
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
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.
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In context
10 Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
11 For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.
12 Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
14 Thou, with the rod, shalt smite him, and, his soul from hades, shalt thou deliver.
15 My son! if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.
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