Proverbs 22:15
World English Bible
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
King James Version
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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Proverbs 23:13-14
World English Bible
13 Don’t withhold correction from a child.
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Punish him with the rod,
and save his soul from Sheol.[a]
Footnotes
- 23:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Proverbs 23:13-14
King James Version
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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Proverbs 29:15
World English Bible
15 The rod of correction gives wisdom,
but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Proverbs 29:15
King James Version
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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Proverbs 29:17
World English Bible
17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace;
yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
Proverbs 29:17
King James Version
17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
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Proverbs 29:19
World English Bible
19 A servant can’t be corrected by words.
Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
Proverbs 29:19
King James Version
19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
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Proverbs 29:21
World English Bible
21 He who pampers his servant from youth
will have him become a son in the end.
Proverbs 29:21
King James Version
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
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