Proverbs 22:15
Legacy Standard Bible
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
The (A)rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
New Living Translation
15 A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,
but physical discipline will drive it far away.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Legacy Standard Bible
13 (A)Do not withhold discipline from the child,
Although you [a]strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall [b]strike him with the rod
And (B)deliver his soul from Sheol.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:13 Lit smite
- Proverbs 23:14 Lit smite
Proverbs 23:13-14
New Living Translation
13 Don’t fail to discipline your children.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
14 Physical discipline
may well save them from death.[a]
Footnotes
- 23:14 Hebrew from Sheol.
Proverbs 29:15
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:15 Lit set loose
Proverbs 29:15
New Living Translation
15 To discipline a child produces wisdom,
but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.
Proverbs 29:17
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 29:17
New Living Translation
17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace of mind
and will make your heart glad.
Proverbs 29:19
Legacy Standard Bible
19 A slave will not be corrected by words alone;
For though he understands, there will be no answer.
Proverbs 29:19
New Living Translation
19 Words alone will not discipline a servant;
the words may be understood, but they are not heeded.
Proverbs 29:21
Legacy Standard Bible
21 He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will in the end find him to be [a]arrogant.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:21 Or a son
Proverbs 29:21
New Living Translation
21 A servant pampered from childhood
will become a rebel.
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