Proverbs 23:13 - Easy To Read Version

¹³ Always punish a child if it needs it. It will not hurt him to spank him.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.

Proverbs 23:13 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 13:24

If a person truly loves his children, then he will correct them when they are wrong. If you love your son, then you will be careful to teach him the right way.

Proverbs 19:18

Teach your son and punish him when he is wrong. That is the only hope. If you refuse to do this, then you are helping him destroy himself.

Proverbs 22:15

Children do foolish things. But if you punish them, they will learn not to do those things.

Proverbs 23:12

Listen to your teacher and learn all you can.

Proverbs 29:15

Spankings and teachings are good for children. If parents let a child do whatever he wants, then he will bring shame to his mother.

Proverbs 29:17

Punish your son when he is wrong, then you will always be proud of him. He will never make you ashamed.

Hebrews 12:7

So accept sufferings like those sufferings are a father’s punishment. God does these things to you like a father punishing his children. All children are punished by their fathers.