Proverbs 22:15
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Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline [correction administered with godly wisdom and lovingkindness] will remove it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13-14
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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.
14
You shall [b]swat him with the reed-like rod
And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:13 Lit smite.
- Proverbs 23:14 Lit smite.
Proverbs 29:15
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15
The rod and reproof (godly instruction) give wisdom,
But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.
Proverbs 29:17
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Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
Yes, he will delight your soul.
Proverbs 29:19
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A servant will not be corrected by words alone;
For though he understands, he will not respond [nor pay attention].
Proverbs 29:21
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He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will find him to be a son in the end.
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