24 (A)He who spares his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him [a]promptly.

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  1. Proverbs 13:24 early

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

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

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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

18 (A)Chasten your son while there is hope,
And do not set your heart [a]on his destruction.

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  1. Proverbs 19:18 Lit. to put him to death; a Jewish tradition on his crying

15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
(A)The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

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12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
(A)Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

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

36 But he who sins against me (A)wrongs his own soul;
All those who hate me love death.”

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26 (A)“If anyone comes to Me (B)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

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