Proverbs 13:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you love your children, you will correct them; if you don't love them, you won't correct them.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:18

Correct your children before it's too late; if you don't punish them, you are destroying them.

Proverbs 22:15

All children are foolish, but firm correction will make them change.

Proverbs 29:15

Correct your children, and they will be wise; children out of control disgrace their mothers.

Proverbs 29:17

If you correct your children, they will bring you peace and happiness.

Proverbs 3:12

The LORD corrects everyone he loves, just as parents correct their favourite child.

Proverbs 8:36

But if you don't find me, you hurt only yourself, and if you hate me, you are in love with death.

Luke 14:26

You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot come with me unless you love me more than you love your own life.

Deuteronomy 8:5

So keep in mind that the LORD has been correcting you, just as parents correct their children.