Proverbs 23:13

New International Reader's Version

Don’t hold back correction from a child. If you correct them, they won’t die.

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Those who don’t correct their children hate them. But those who love them are careful to correct them.

Train your children, because then there is hope. Don’t do anything to bring about their deaths.

Children are going to do foolish things. But correcting them will drive that foolishness far away.

Apply your heart to what you are taught. Listen carefully to words of knowledge.

If a child is corrected, they become wise. But a child who is not corrected brings shame to their mother.

If you correct your children, they will give you peace. They will bring you the delights you desire.

Put up with hard times. God uses them to train you. He is treating you as his children. What children are not trained by their parents?