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Saying Thirteen

13 Do not withhold correction from a child,
    for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with the rod,
    and deliver his soul from death.

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13 Do not withhold discipline from a child,
    if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 As for you, with the rod you shall beat him,
    and his life[a] you will save from Sheol.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:14 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 23:14 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld

24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
    and he who fathers a wise child will have joy of him.

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24 The father of the righteous will surely rejoice;
    he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.

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