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Proverbs 23:13-14
World English Bible
Proverbs 23:13-14
World English Bible
13 Don’t withhold correction from a child.
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Punish him with the rod,
and save his soul from Sheol.[a]
Footnotes
- 23:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Proverbs 23:13-14
American Standard Version
Proverbs 23:13-14
American Standard Version
13 Withhold not correction from the child;
For [a]if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:13 Or, though
Proverbs 23:24
World English Bible
Proverbs 23:24
World English Bible
24 The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Proverbs 23:24
American Standard Version
Proverbs 23:24
American Standard Version
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
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