13 (A)Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with a rod,
And deliver his soul from [a]hell.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:14 Or Sheol

13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.(A)
14 Punish him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.(B)

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24 (A)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.

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24 The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.(A)

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