Proverbs 23:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹³ Withhold not correction from the child: For if thou beat him with the rod, he shall 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 that spareth his rod hateth his son: But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 29:17

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

Proverbs 19:18

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

Hebrews 12:7

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

Proverbs 23:12

Apply thine heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.