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Proverbs 23:13
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 23:13 · World English 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.
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 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
16 Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
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