Proverbs 23:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹³ Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Withhold not correction from the child: For if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ 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)

¹³ Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

Common English Bible

¹³ Don’t withhold instruction from children; if you strike them with a rod, they won’t die.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

Proverbs 23:13 Cross References

Proverbs 13:24

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Proverbs 29:17

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.

Hebrews 12:7

It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Proverbs 23:12

Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.