Proverbs 23:13-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 Do not withhold discipline from your children;
if you beat them with a rod, they will not die.(A)
14 If you beat them with the rod,
you will save their lives from Sheol.
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 23:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.(A)
Proverbs 23:24
King James Version
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
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