Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.
Proverbs 23:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Do not withhold discipline from your children; if you beat them with a rod, they will not die. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Withhold not correction from the child: For if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Withhold not discipline from the child; for if you strike and punish him with the [reedlike] rod, he will not die. American Standard Version (1901) Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. Common English Bible Don’t withhold instruction from children; if you strike them with a rod, they won’t die. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die. |
Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.
Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.
Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.
Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children, for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?