Proverbs 23:13

A Conservative Version

Withhold not correction from the child, [for] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

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He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him promptly.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest, yea, he will give delight to thy soul.

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

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

Apply thy heart to instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.