Proverbs 23:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹²Apply your mind to instruction
    and your ear to words of knowledge.
¹³Do not withhold discipline from your children;
    if you beat them with a rod, they will not die.
¹⁴If you beat them with the rod,
    you will save their lives from Sheol.

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