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

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

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

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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(A)If[a] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what (B)son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, (C)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to (D)the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, (E)that we may be partakers of His holiness.

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

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

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