13 (A)Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from [a]hell.

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  1. Proverbs 23:14 Or Sheol

15 The rod and rebuke give (A)wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases;
But the righteous will see their (B)fall.

17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest;
Yes, he will give delight to your soul.

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For (A)whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”

(B)If[a] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what (C)son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, (D)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:7 NU, M It is for discipline that you endure; God

And (A)you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but (B)bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

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