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24 
He who withholds the rod [of discipline] hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines and trains him diligently and appropriately [with wisdom and love].(A)

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13 
Do not withhold discipline from the child;
If you [a]swat him with a reed-like rod [applied with godly wisdom], he will not die.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:13 Lit smite.

14 
You shall [a]swat him with the reed-like rod
And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:14 Lit smite.

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